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Revision as of 06:11, 17 June 2021
The Surgeon of Paris is an historical drama, in four acts, by J.S. Jones (Joseph Stevens Jones, 1811-1877)[].
Contents
The original text
A play about the massacre of the Huguenots in Paris, it was first performed at the National Theatre, Boston, on 8 January, 1838.
First published by William V. Spencer, Boston, 1856.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed on 3 August by the Disney Roebuck's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, at the time under the temporary management of C. Wilstone. The author not credited. Also played was My Turn Next (Williams).
Sources
Facsimile version of the original publication by Spencer, Google Ebook[1]
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/1984597
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.203-205
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
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