Mischief-making
Mischief-making is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Surrey Theatre and the Adelphi Theatre , London, in 1830.
Published in Lacy's acting edition by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1868
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 18 May, as an afterpiece to Giralda, or The Invisible Husband (ascribed to Welstead), with a dance (Pas de Matlots) by Miss Powell, a popular ballad sung by Leffler.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1868 Lacy text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
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.97.
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