The Lady Slavey

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The Lady Slavey is a musical by George Dance ()[] and John Francis Crook ()[].

The original text

First performed in the Avenue Theatre, London, and the musical and vocal score published in London by Hopwood & Crew, 1894.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: Performed by the Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company in the Opera House, Cape Town.

1903: Performed by the Wheeler Company in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town.

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.402, 416

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