Out on the Sly
Out on the Slyis a "burlesque farce" by Charles Selby
Also found as Out on the Sly, or A Fête at Rosherville! (and styled "a terpsichorean burletta in one act") or simply as Out on the Sly, or A Day at Rosherville .
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The original text
First performed in the Adelphi Theatre, London, on the 12th July, 1847. Published as Out on the Sly by Duncombe and Moon, 1847.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
H. Colburn. 1847. The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts, p. 525[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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