The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-bow Letter
The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-bow Letter is a an original comic burletta in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks ()[]
Also found as The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross Bow Letter and The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-Bow Letter
Contents
The original text
Performed in the New Strand Theatre, London, on 1 August 1857
Translations and adaptations
Performances in South Africa
1861: Performed in Cape Town by the Juvenile Amateurs, assisted by Annie Rowlands, with The Queer Subject (Coyne) and The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross Bow Letter (Wilks)
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press: pp.99, 623, 662[1]
The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 7[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 112, 165, 282
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