Betsy Baker!, or Too Attentive by Half
Betsy Baker!, or Too Attentive by Half : a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1812-1854)[1].
Also found simply as Betsy Baker
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Royal Princess's Theatre, London in 1850 and published by Duncombe and Company, London and Samuel French.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed as Betsy Baker by the Valorous Amateurs (amateur players from H.M.S. Valorous) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town on 17 November, with Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover (Wilks) and Ben Bolt (Johnstone).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
Facsimile version of the 1850 Duncombe publication, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 99, 168, 170, 221, 262, 270,325, 342, 362
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