A Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts is a comedy in two acts by Pelham Hardwicke ()[]
Contents
The original text
It was licenced in 1853 for performance at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 29 November 1853. Published in Lacy's, vol. 12, no. 177.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Plays Licensed in 1853 - Royal Holloway ("LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS, 1852 - 1866. November - December 1853")[ https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1853.pdf]
1858: Performed in Cape Town by J.E.H. English on 16 July in the New Music Hall in Buitekant Street, along with a performance of Box and Cox (Morton).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 120, 168, 213, 275.
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