Buried Alive, or The Visit to Japan
A melodrama, adapted from the French by H. M'Pherson. First performed in English in Newcastle-on-Tyne Amphitheatre, May 1 1799(??)
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July 1855 by Sefton Parry as part of his farewell performance, alongside A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock (Brough) and The Lottery Ticket (Beazley).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
"The Stage" cyclopaedia, a bibliography of plays, compiled by Reginald Clarence[1].
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 433
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