Dead to the World
Dead to the World is a light comedy by George Conquest (1837-1901)[1] and Henry Pettitt (1843-1898)[2].
Contents
The original text
It was first performed on 12 July, 1875 at the Grecian Theatre, London.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Conquest,_George_(DNB12)
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Pettitt,_Henry_(DNB00)
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p. 321[3]
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.380
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