The Ring and the Keeper
The Ring and the Keeper is an operetta by John Pratt Wooler ()[]
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The original text
Performed at the Theatre Royal, London, on 9 June, 1862, published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1866
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1871: Performed four times by the D'Arcy Read Company in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town (on 9, 11, 16 and 23 October), with "Reminiscences of Sheridan Knowles's The Cousins" (Knowles?) and Belgravia, or Servantgolism (Anon.)
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll. 1946. A History of Late Nineteenth Century Drama 1850-1900 Volume II: Cambridge University Press[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.250-251
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