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''The Online Books Page'', Books by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Buckstone%2C%20John%20Baldwin%2C%201802%2D1879]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]
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Revision as of 06:11, 23 April 2021

The Scholar is a comedy in two acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in July, 1835. First performed in News York at Wallack's Theatre in 1854.

Published in London as No 834 of Dick's Standard Plays in [183-?] and in New York by O.A. Roorbach [186-?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1870: Performed by the Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company, Cape Town, on 2 September with The Waterman (Dibdin), as a benefit evening for Miss De Courtney.

1870: Performed by the Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company, Cape Town, on 19 December as "Sick Benefit" for T. Brazier, with A Terrible Tinker (Williams).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone

Facsimile version of the Dick's text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

Facsimile version of the Roorbach's text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]

The Online Books Page, Books by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 176-8

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