Bardell v. Pickwick

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Bardell v. Pickwick is a comic scene by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)[].


The original text

Based on "Bardell v. Pickwick: The Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage Held at the Guildhall Sittings, on April 1, 1828, Before Mr. Justice Stareleigh and a Special Jury of the City of London", a popular episode from Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (published 1836-1837), one often been dramatized or read aloud as a parlor entertainment over the years.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 232, 414


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