The Devil's Elixir, or The Shadowless Man
The Devil's Elixir, or The Shadowless Man is a musical romance in two acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[1].
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The original text
An influential gothic style melodrama in two acts, first performed Theatre Royal Covent Garden 20 April, 1829. Published in London by J. Cumberland,1829(?).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1850: Performed by Lycett's Company in the Drury Lane Theatre on 24 November with Twice Killed (Oxenford) as afterpiece.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. p. 425
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