The Belle of the Village
The Belle of the Village is a "grand ballet divertissement" based on a play by H.J. Byron.
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The original text
Based on Henry J. Byron's Rosebud of Stingingnettle Farm, or the Villanous Squire and the Virtuous Villager
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 4 December by the Ray and Cooper company, with The Lonely Man of the Ocean
Sources
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosebud-Stingingnettle-Villanous-virtuous-villager/dp/124117959X
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 192
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