Difference between revisions of "The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!!"
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First performed by [[All the World's a Stage]] in Cape Town on 30 January, 1832, along with ''[[The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife]]'' (Colman) and ''[[The Sleeping Draught]]'' (Penley). | First performed by [[All the World's a Stage]] in Cape Town on 30 January, 1832, along with ''[[The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife]]'' (Colman) and ''[[The Sleeping Draught]]'' (Penley). | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] suggests that this may have been a follow up piece to the "new Ballet Dance" called ''[[Jack at the Cape, | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] suggests that this may have been a follow up piece to the "new Ballet Dance" called ''[[Jack at the Cape, or Alive Among the Hottentots!]]'', first performed in Cape Town in 1831. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 07:13, 12 June 2016
The Lawyer in the Sack, or Jack's Return!!! is described as a "Ballet Dance" (or "ballet with dancing").
First performed by All the World's a Stage in Cape Town on 30 January, 1832, along with The Iron Chest, or The Blood-Stained Knife (Colman) and The Sleeping Draught (Penley).
Bosman suggests that this may have been a follow up piece to the "new Ballet Dance" called Jack at the Cape, or Alive Among the Hottentots!, first performed in Cape Town in 1831.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 219, 222
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