The Mendicant
A Drama, in Two Acts by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 – 30 August 1856)
First performed at St. James's Theatre, Feb. 1, 1836 and published in London by J. Cumberland / Thomas Hailes Lacy , 1836/7.
Performance history in South Africa
1854: Performed by the City Amateur Theatrical Society on Monday 21 August in the Dutch Company's Bree Street Theatre (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town, followed by The First Floor (Cobb) and The Secret! (Morris).
The lead was played by J. Boxer and Mrs Arlington played "Marie".
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/1980007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Abbott_%C3%A0_Beckett
Bosman, 1928: pp.427
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