The Idiot Witness, or A Tale of Blood

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The Idiot Witness, or A Tale of Blood is a melodrama in two acts by John Thomas Haines ()[].

The original text

Published in London by J. Duncombe, 1823

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed as The Idiot Witness, or A Tale of Blood by Clara Tellett and her Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 17 July, with a performance of the comic song "Bob Ridley" and the comedy A Glorious Case (Stocqueler).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Hayward_Stocqueler

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Stocqueler,_Joachim_Hayward_(DNB00

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.131

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