The Messenger Boy
The Messenger Boy is a musical by J.T. Tanner and S. Murray.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1901: Performed by the Wheeler Brothers in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, in June, with a Gaiety Company that included Mabel Nelson, Harold Thorley and Mr Danby .
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: p.409
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