Blackberries
Blackberries is a one-act musical comedy by Mark Melford (1850-1914)[1]
First performed at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, Liverpool, on June 14, 1886 and first performed in London at the Comedy Theatre on July 31, 1886.
1886: Performed in the Theatre Royal in Burg Street, Cape Town, by Madame Pearmain and her company towards the end of the year.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Melford
William Davenport Adams. A dictionary of the drama; a guide to the plays, play-wrights, players, and playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the earliest times to the present, An online resource (p.167)[2]
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: p. 383
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