Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond
Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond is an Irish comedy in two acts by Dion Boucicault, .
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The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed on 3 April in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company, with Constance Young in the cast. Also played was Adrift.
1878: Repeated on 4 April in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company. Also played was British Born.
1878: Performed on 15 July in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company. Also played was Heroes (Edwardes). This evening a "Grand Comlimentary Benefit for Captain Roebuck".
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 367, 371.
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