Six Simpletons, or The Press Gang
Six Simpletons, or The Press Gang is a "ballet dance" by an anonymous choreographer/author.
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The original text
Nothing is known of this work, besides the fact that it was done in Cape Town in 1833.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1833: Performed in Cape Town in the African Theatre by the All the World's a Stage on 13 July, with (The Floating Beacon, The First of April (Boaden) and a new pantomime, Clown and Goose, performed by Mr Charles West.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: p. 227.
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