The Jilt
The Jilt is a comedy in five acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[1]
Contents
The original text
This was Boucicault's last play, first performed in San Francisco on 15 May, 1885, and then at the Princess of Wales's Theatre, London, 29 July 1886.
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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