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Theatre Royal Adelphi, London, on 11 February 1856 and on Broadway in Burton's Theatre.
 
Theatre Royal Adelphi, London, on 11 February 1856 and on Broadway in Burton's Theatre.
  
Published by [[Samuel French]] as No LXXVII of ''French's American Drama'', London/New York 1856.
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First published in London by London, Webster and Co. and then by [[Samuel French]] as No LXXVII of ''French's American Drama'', London/New York 1856.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:10, 27 June 2021

There are two one-act farces by this name:

  1. That Blessed Baby by J. George Moore (1856)
  1. That Blessed Baby by Edward Mumford (1902)

That Blessed Baby by J. George Moore ()[]

The original text

Theatre Royal Adelphi, London, on 11 February 1856 and on Broadway in Burton's Theatre.

First published in London by London, Webster and Co. and then by Samuel French as No LXXVII of French's American Drama, London/New York 1856.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Billed as a "Roaring Farce", That Blessed Baby was performed by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 21 July, with The Miller's Maid (Saville).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1856 Samuel French edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

Online Books by J. George Moore, The Online Books Page[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.131-133, 135

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That Blessed Baby by Edward Mumford (1868-)[]

The original text

Published in Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company, 1902.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

No performances of this text in South Africa have been noted yet

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1902 Penn Publishing edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]


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