Belphegor the Mountebank, or Pride of Bath

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Belphegor the Mountebank, or Pride of Bath is a play by Benjamin Nottingham Webster (1797-1882).

The original text

A translation and adaptation of La Paillasse of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier, it was first performedby Webster in the Adelphi Theatre, London, during January 1851, it was Webster's own English version of the French work , first performed by Webster in the Adelphi Theatre, London, during January 1851.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

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 1923. (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.363.


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