The Young Scamp
The Young Scamp is a sketch in one scene by an anonymous author.
Not to be confused with The Young Scamp, or My Grandmother's Pet by Edward Stirling
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The original text
A version of the text was published by published by William Barth, in A Selection of New and Popular Dramas and Farces, 1844, and apparently also published by T.H. Lacy before 1849.
Sources A facsimile version of the text, in A Selection of New and Popular Dramas and Farces, William Barth, 1844[1]
Full listing of plays available from T. H. Lacy, contained in Volume 77 of Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays, Dramas, Farces and Extravagances, Etc., Etc: As Performed at the Various Theatres (T. H. Lacy's 1849)[]
The Young Scamp by an anonymous author
There are two texts by this title.
The original text
It is apparently a Christy's style piece, described as an Ethiopian sketch or Negro farce in various sources. Published as no 85 in De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama.
Sources
Listing of De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama in the De Witt's 18** published text of the play Black and White (Wilkie Collins and Charles Fechter)[2]
