The Three Clerks

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The Three Clerks is a farce on two acts by William Henry Oxberry ()[].

Not to be confused by the 1857 novel by Anthony Trollope.

The original text

Written as a sequel to My Fellow Clerk by Oxenford, and first performed in the Victoria Theatre, London and published by J. Pattie, London, in 1838.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1853: Performed in Grahamstown by the "Officers of the Garrison" on 11 October, with Love à la Mode (Macklin).

Sources

Facsimile version of the original published text, Google E-book[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.

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