Bleak House
Bleak House is the name of a famous novel by Charles Dickens ()[], which was often dramatized.
Contents
The novel
Dramatizations of Bleak House
Jo by J.P. Burnett
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Jo performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, from 8 to 13 April.
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "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. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.367, 400
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