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Revision as of 17:45, 9 October 2018
The Gipsy Farmer, or Jack and Jack's Brother is a drama in two acts by J.B. Johnstone (1803-1891)
Also known as Jack and Jack's Brother
Contents
The original text
First performed in March 1849 at the Surrey Theatre, London, and also performed 1854, 1855, 1856, 1861, 1862, 1863.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed as Jack and Jack's Brother by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with The Captain's not a Miss () and "the main scenes from Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe)
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Electronic Catalogue - Volume 36[1]
http://karenphotographs.com/afamilyalbum/johnelizasouthbeer.htm
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge University Press: p. 247[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 341, 369, 370
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