La Africaine

La Africaine was a burlesque by Mr Burnand and M. Williams

Performed as L'Africaine Mr. Burnand at the Strand Theatre in London in 1865.

Published (1865) as La Africaine, Or The Queen Of The Cannibal Islands and called "An Original Opera Burlesque" by

1869: Performed under the title La Africaine, or High Tall Yawn Uproar, as part of the Grand Christy Entertainment Show by the 86th Royal Downshire Minstrels in the Oddfellows Hall on 19 April 1869.

Sources

William Davenport Adams. 1891. A book of burlesque, sketches of English stage travestie and parody:p. 184. Online version: Online library eBooksRead.com[1] Accessed: 2017/08/07 - 05h40.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 264, 267

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