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| − | First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London, on Wednesday, December 28th, 1832 and published by London, John Dicks, London, in the same year as a play in three acts. Also published (now as a play in two acts) by William Spencer, Boston, in the | + | First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London, on Wednesday, December 28th, 1832 and published by London, John Dicks, London, in the same year as a play in three acts. Also published (now as a play in '''two''' acts) by William Spencer, Boston, in the 1858, and by [[Samuel French]] in 1864. |
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Revision as of 09:22, 18 September 2020
The Charcoal Burner or the Dropping Well of Knaresborough is a play in two acts by George Almar ()[]
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The original text
First performed at the Surrey Theatre, London, on Wednesday, December 28th, 1832 and published by London, John Dicks, London, in the same year as a play in three acts. Also published (now as a play in two acts) by William Spencer, Boston, in the 1858, and by Samuel French in 1864.
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
Facsimile version of the Spencer text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
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: pp.203-205
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