The Golden Farmer, or The Last Crime
The Golden Farmer, or The Last Crime is a domestic drama, in two acts by Benjamin Webster (1797-1882)[1]
Often simply referred to as The Golden Farmer.
The original text
First acted at the Coburg Theatre, London on 26 December, 1832, and printed in Cumberland's Minor Theatre, vol. vi.
In America published as The Golden Farmer, or Vell, vot ov it? (Turner & Fisher, Philadelphia,1836); or, Vell, vot ov it?; The Golden Farmer (New York, Berford & co., 1847) and The Golden Farmer, or Jemmy Twitcher in England (Samuel French, New York, 186?).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Nottingham_Webster
Facsimile of the 1836 text[2]
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Davis,_William_(1627-1690)_(DNB00)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.
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