The Dancing Barber
The Dancing Barber is a farce in one act by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi in London ... /
Published in London by J. Dicks, Chapman and Hall, and in Webster's acting national drama, No. 33, in 1838.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1858: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre by Sefton Parry and his company on 23 March, with The Lady of Lyons (Bulwer-Lytton) and Macbeth (an "entirely new Extravaganza" by Talfourd).
Sources
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22505322?q&versionId=27237518
All editions for The Dancing Barber 91800-1865), WorldCat[[1]]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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