The Six Simpletons, or The Press Gang

The Six Simpletons, or The Press Gang is a "ballet dance" by an unknown choreographer, possibly a local dance teacher.

First performed in Cape Town in the African Theatre by the All the World's a Stage on 13 July, with The Floating Beacon (Fitzball), The First of April (Boaden) and a new pantomime, Clown and Goose, performed by Mr Charles West.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 226-7.

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