Not Such a Fool as He Looks
Not Such a Fool as He Looks is a farcial drama in three acts by Henry J. Byron ()[].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed as Not Such a Fool as He Looks in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company on 4 and 6 July, with The Wandering Minstrel (Mayhew).
1884: Performed as Not Such a Fool as He Looks in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Henry Harper and his company as part of a fine season of plays that opened in June, with H.C. Sidney giving an excellent performance as "Sir Simon Simple", according to the memoires of Boonzaier (1923).
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.203-205
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