Cabman No 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler

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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).


Translations and adaptations

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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