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''[[The Nerves]]'' is a vaudeville sketch by the [[Christy Minstrels]].
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==The original text==
 
 
 
A song and dance act, probably an alternative title for ''[[The Nervous Cures!]]'', as danced by the [[Christy's Minstrels]], according to a version of the music "arranged for the pianoforte" by M. Younger and published in Sydney by W.J. Johnson &​ Co., somewhere between 1863-69. The publication "Dedicated to the Christy's Minstrels".
 
 
 
It is likely to have been a part of the repertoire of the [[Christy Minstrels]] when they toured the British colonies in 1862.
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
A piece called as ''[[De Zenuwen]]'' ("The Nerves") was mentioned as part of the fare presented by "the original" the [[Christy Minstrels]] while in the Cape Colony by a local [[Dutch]] newspaper (''[[Het Volksblad]]'', 6 November, 1862).
 
 
 
'''See also [[Christy Minstrels]]'''
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://nla.gov.au:80/tarkine/nla.obj-169687756 - Accessed 8/01/19 5:12 AM
 
 
 
''[[Het Volksblad]]'', 6 November, 1862
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 139-141
 
 
 
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