British Born

British Born is a play, consisting of a prologue and three acts, by Paul Meritt (1843/4-1895) and Henry Pettitt (1848–1893)[1]

The original text

Styled "a new and original drama of national and domestic interest", it was first produced on 17 October, 1872, at the Grecian Theatre, London, and published as a French's Acting Edition by Samuel French Ltd in 1872.

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 1 April, as a benefit for Mr. Palmer

1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 4 April, with Andy Blake (Boucicault).

1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 6 April, with Withered Leaves (Broughton).

1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 17 and 18 June, and a performance by The Grotesques.

Sources

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)

"Administrative / Biographical History", Papers of Henry Pettitt, Manchester University Library[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 367, 369

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