The Plagued Professor
The Plagued Professor is an interlude written by Cresswell ()[].
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The original text
Described as "An Original Interlude expressly written for this occasion" with "characters by members of the Royal Alfred Club" in Cape Town.
Never published it seems.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed as The Plagued Professor on 18 February in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club with The Unfinished Gentleman (Selby) and Duchess or Nothing (Gordon).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 154
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