Bleak House
Bleak House is the name of a famous novel by Charles Dickens ()[], which was often dramatized.
Contents
The novel
Dramatizations of Bleak House
Jo by J.P. Burnett
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history of the various adaptations in South Africa
1878: Jo performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, from 8 to 13 April.
Sources
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.367, 400
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