The Dream at Sea
The Dream at Sea is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[].
Also found as The Dream at Sea, or The Cornish Wreckers, and (probably inaccurately) listed as The Dream at Sea, or The Cornish Wheelers by James Parry (cited in Bosman, 1980) during the first South African performances.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London
Published as The Dream at Sea in Boston by W.V. Spencer [1856?]as no LXVIII in the series Spencer's Boston Theatre.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Facsimile version of the Spencer's 1859 published text, Hathitrust Digital Library[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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