Doctor Bolus
A one act burletta by George Daniel (1789–1864).
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The original text
Described as a "serio-comic-bombastick-operatick interlude", it was first performed in London at the Theatre Royal (the English Opera House, afterwards the Lyceum) on Tuesday, July 21, 1818, and published in 1818 by W. and J. Lowndes.
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Performance history in South Africa
Performed in the Cape Town Theatre, South Africa by All the World's a Stage on 4 September 1830 as afterpiece to George Barnwell, or The London Apprentice.
Sources
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL20384505M/Doctor_Bolus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Daniel_(writer)
F.C.L. Bosman, 1828: p 215
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