Cabman No 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler

Cabman No 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler is a farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams (1824-1874)[1].

The title of the play comes in a variety of forms, for example it is found as Cabman No. 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler; as Cabman No. 93; or, Found in a four-wheeler; as Found in a Four Wheeler, as Found in a Four-Wheeler or as Found in a Four-wheeler.

The original text

First performed as Found in a Four-Wheeler in London at the New Royalty Theatre on 24 April, 1866.

First performed as Cabman No. 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler at the Lyceum Theatre on 26 December, 1867.

Published by T.H. Lacy and in De Witt's Acting Plays (no. 24).

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed by the former members of the Le Roy and Duret Company, managed by James Leffler, as Found in a Four-wheeler (and billed as "a new comedy from London") in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 19 and 22 November, as afterpiece to The Colleen Bawn (Boucicault).

1867: Performed as Found in a Four-wheeler by "Le Roy's Original Company", in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 3 January, as afterpiece to The Green Bushes (Buckstone).

1870: Performed as Found in a Four-Wheeler in the Institute Assembly Hall, Cape Town, by the Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company on 24 and 28 May, with Time Tries All (Courtney).

Sources

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011609146

Facsimile version of the De Witt edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library [2]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32082868-cabman-no-93-or-found-in-a-four-wheeler

Thomas J. Williams publications, The Online Books Page[3].

Allardyce Nicoll. , 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 219, 220, 275

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