Betsy Jane
Betsy Jane is an unidentified theatrical work by an anonymous author.
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The original text
It is quite possibly an adapted version of either My Precious Betsy or Betsy Baker!, or Too Attentive by Half, two one-act farces written by John Maddison Morton (1812-1854))[1], first performed in 1850.
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Performance history in South Africa
1871: A performance by this name was presented by the visiting D'Arcy Read Theatrical Company in the Cape Town Gardens, on 27 November, as part of a "Grand Fête Champêtre" they did there, the other acts also including Ghost Illusions by D'Arcy Read.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.251, 267
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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