Poor Cousin Walter
Poor Cousin Walter is a drama in one act by John Palgrave Simpson (1807-1887)[1]
Contents
The original text
Published in London by T.H. Lacy and by Samuel French as Issue 19 of French's acting edition
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by Charles Fraser and his company on 3 February (apparently "By desire").
Sources
Online Books by J. Palgrave Simpson, The Online Books Page[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Palgrave_Simpson
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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