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Facsimile version of the 1889 American text by H. Roorbach, ''Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/milkywhitedomest01crav]
 
Facsimile version of the 1889 American text by H. Roorbach, ''Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/milkywhitedomest01crav]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 360
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 360

Revision as of 05:55, 27 October 2017

Milky White is a domestic drama in two acts by H.T. Craven (Henry Thornton Craven, 1818-1905)[1]

The original text

Described also as a serio-comic piece in some issues, it featured the author as the leading character of the milkman in the first performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool on 20 June 1864.

It was also performed by another company at the Olympic Theatre New York on 21 November 1864.

The only published version of the original text to be readily found is that by H. Roorbach, new York, in 1889.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1877: Performed by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 13 September, with The Artful Dodge (Blanchard).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1889 American text by H. Roorbach, Internet Archive[2]

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Craven,_Henry_Thornton_(DNB12)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 360

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