Bleak House

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Bleak House is the name of a famous novel by Charles Dickens ()[], which was often dramatized.

The novel

Dramatizations of Bleak House

Jo by J.P. Burnett

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history of the various adaptations in South Africa

1878: Jo performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, from 8 to 13 April.

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.367, 400

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