Jessy Vere, or The Return of the Wanderer
Jessy Vere, or The Return of the Wanderer is a domestic drama in two acts by C.H. Hazlewood (1823-1875)[1]
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The original text
First produced in 1856 at the Britannia Saloon, where it had a long run.
Published in Thomas Hailes Lacy's series Acting Edition of Plays in 1856.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 23 and 26 October by Ray and Cooper, with the help of local "Gentlemen Amateurs", with as an afterpiece to The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Henry_Hazlewood
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.365
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