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1861: Performed as ''[[Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half]]'' by the company of [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 September, with ''[[The Stranger]]'' ().
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1861: Performed as ''[[Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half]]'' by the company of [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 September, with ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Thompson/Sheridan).
  
 
1865: Performed as ''[[Betsy Baker]]'' by the [[Valorous Amateurs]] (amateur players from H.M.S. ''Valorous'') in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 November, with ''[[Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Ben Bolt]]'' (Johnstone).
 
1865: Performed as ''[[Betsy Baker]]'' by the [[Valorous Amateurs]] (amateur players from H.M.S. ''Valorous'') in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 November, with ''[[Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Ben Bolt]]'' (Johnstone).

Revision as of 05:27, 13 April 2018

Betsy Baker!, or Too Attentive by Half is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1812-1854)[1][2].

Also found as Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half or simply as Betsy Baker

The original text

First performed at the Royal Princess's Theatre, London in 1850 and published by Duncombe and Company, London and Samuel French.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed as Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half by the company of Sefton Parry in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 September, with The Stranger (Kotzebue/Thompson/Sheridan).

1865: Performed as Betsy Baker by the Valorous Amateurs (amateur players from H.M.S. Valorous) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town on 17 November, with Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover (Wilks) and Ben Bolt (Johnstone).

Sources

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

Facsimile version of the 1850 Duncombe publication, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 99, 168, 170, 221, 262, 270,325, 342, 362

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