The Sailor of France, or The Republicans of Brest

The Sailor of France, or The Republicans of Brest is a drama in two acts by John Beer Johnstone (1803-1891)[1]

The original text

First performed at the Surrey Theatre, 28 November, 1853. Published by T.H. Lacy.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed as The Sailor of France, or The Republicans of Brest in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company on 5 August, with Notre Dame, or The Gipsy Girl of Paris (Hugo/Halliday).

1877: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 24 November, with Lady Audley's Secret (Hazlewood) and a ballad sung by Miss Wynne.

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[2]

"John Beer Johnstone" in: Léger-St-Jean, Marie. Price One Penny: A Database of Cheap Literature, 1837-1860. [19 March 2017]. Faculty of English, Cambridge [08 April 2018] (http://priceonepenny.info).[3]

http://karenphotographs.com/afamilyalbum/johnelizasouthbeer.htm

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.341, 363

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