The Nerves
The Nerves is a vaudeville sketch by the Christy Minstrels.
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The original text
A song and dance act, probably an alternative title for The Nervous Cures!, as danced by the Christy's Minstrels, according to a version of the music "arranged for the pianoforte" by M. Younger and published in Sydney by W.J. Johnson & Co., somewhere between 1863-69. The publication "Dedicated to the Christy's Minstrels".
It is likely to have been a part of the repertoire of the Christy Minstrels when they toured the British colonies in 1862.
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Performance history in South Africa
A piece called as De Zenuwen ("The Nerves") was mentioned as part of the fare presented by "the original" the Christy Minstrels while in the Cape Colony by a local Dutch newspaper (Het Volksblad, 6 November, 1862).
See also Christy Minstrels
Sources
http://nla.gov.au:80/tarkine/nla.obj-169687756 - Accessed 8/01/19 5:12 AM
Het Volksblad, 6 November, 1862
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 139-141
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