The Waterman, or The First of August

The Waterman, or The First of August is a ballad opera, in two acts by Charles Dibdin (1745-1814).

The original text

First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket. Published in London by London by T. Becket, 1774.

Sources

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004832013.0001.000?view=toc

The waterman: or, the first of August: a ballad opera, in two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal, Hay-Market. by Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814. Accessed on Wednesday, June 01, 2016 at http://ota.ox.ac.uk/id/4271 via http://writersinspire.org/content/waterman-or-first-august-ballad-opera-two-acts-it-performed-theatre-royal-hay-market.

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

D.C. Boonzaier, 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 57, 253, 442, 463, 492, 511

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II: 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 46, 48, 50, 434, 441-4, 447, 449-51, 461.

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