Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up
The Latest Edition of Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up is a burlesque by Francis Cowley Burnand ()[]
Also known as Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up .
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The original text
A burlesque of Jerrold's popular melodrama Black-Eyed Susan, first performed in the New Royalty Theatre in Soho, London, on 29 November, 1866 and published by the Strand Printing and Publishing Company, 1867.
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
Facsimile version of the 1867 text, Google E-book[1]
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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