Sweet Nell of Old Drury

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Sweet Nell of Old Drury is a play by Paul Kester (1870-1933)[1]

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1901: According to D.C. Boonzaier's reminiscences (1923) it was performed by the Sass and Nelson Company in the Opera House, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays that commenced on 11 May.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Nell_of_Old_Drury

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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