Betsy Baker!, or Too Attentive by Half

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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

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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