Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up
Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up is a burlesque by Burnand.
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The original text
A burlesque of Jerrold's popular melodrama Black-Eyed Susan,
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1875: Performed in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 10 and 12 April and billed as a "new Burlesque", with Aurora Floyd (Braddon).
1875: Performed in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 13 April and billed as a "Naughty-Gal-Burlesque", with Black Sheep (Yates).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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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