Susan Hopley, or The Vicissitudes of a Servant Girl
Susan Hopley, or The Vicissitudes of a Servant Girl is a domestic drama, in three acts by George Dibdin Pitt ()[]
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The original text
Published by Davidson in 1845.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed by the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment in the Garrison Theatre, Main Barracks, Cape Town, as Susan Hopley, or The Trials of a Servant Girl, with Two Heads are Better than One (Horne) on 25 July 1862
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: p.167
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