Caught by the Ears
Caught by the Ears is a one act farcical extravaganza by Charles Selby (1802?-1863)[1]
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The original text
First performed at Royal Strand theatre, London, on Monday May 30th, 1859, and published by T.H. Lacy in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Billed as a "screamer", it was performed by Charles Fraser and his company in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 22 February, with the one-act farce My "Son" Diana (Harris).
1860: Performed by Charles Fraser and his company in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 27 February, with Two Pigeons (Stirling) and the one-act farce John Jones (Buckstone).
Sources
Facsimile version of the [undated] Samuel French edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.127
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[3]
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