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, or All Alive Among the Hottentots!]]'', first performed in Cape Town | + | [[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 All Alive Among the Hottentots!]]'', which was first performed in Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] on 7th January. |
== Sources == | == Sources == |
Revision as of 07:16, 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 All Alive Among the Hottentots!, which was first performed in Cape Town by All the World's a Stage on 7th January.
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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