The Bottle
The Bottle is a drama in two acts by T.P. Taylor (Tom Taylor, 1817-1880)[1]
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The original text
A play consisting of "eight tableaux" about the evils of drink, based on the series of graphic illustrations - also entitled The Bottle - by George Cruikshank.
Published by John Dicks, London in 1847
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1850(?): Performed in Cape Town by James Lycett and company in the Drury Lane Theatre
Sources
https://archive.org/details/bottleadramaintw00tayluoft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.
P.W. Laidler. 1926. The Annals of the Cape Stage. Edinburgh: William Bryce.
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