The Black Flag, or Escaped from Portland
The Black Flag, or Escaped from Portland is a romantic drama by Henry Pettitt (1848–1893)[1].
Also referred to at times as Black Flag, or Escaped from Portland or simply as The Black Flag.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Grecian Theatre, London, on 9 August, 1879.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1885: Performed by an unknown company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town (run by H.C. Sidney and H.J. Fiedler).
Sources
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2 p. 521, Google E-book[2] By
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.
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