No!!!

No!!! is an operetta in one act by an unknown author.

Listed by Reginald Clarence as by "D.L.", i.e. probably performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London.

The original text

Listed by Reginald Clarence (1909:p. 320) as: NO!!! "Oa" [=operetta]. "1 a." [=one act] D.L. [=Drury Lane], October 29. 1829". (Bosman seems to have misread Clarence's list of abbreviations and refers to the "D.L." as the pseudonym of an author.)

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed by the Cape Town and Royal Alfred Dramatic Club in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 2 and 9 September, with Helping Hands (Taylor), and a song by Mr Beverley.

Sources

Reginald Clarence. 1909. "The Stage" Cyclopaedia; a bibliography of plays [1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.162

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