The Jilt

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The Jilt is a comedy in five acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[1]

The original text

A rewriting of The Flying Scud, this was Boucicault's last play.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Facsimile version of the text (1909 edition by Samuel French), Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

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 1932. (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: pp.203-205

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