Margate Sands
Margate Sands is a farce in one act by William Hancock (fl. 1860s).
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Royal Strand Theatre, London, on 10 January, 1864 and published by T.H. Lacy in Lacy's acting plays, vol. 61.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed by "Le Roy's Original Company" in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 25 March, with Municipal Muddles, or Love in the Dark (Utting).
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Electronic Catalogue - Volume 61[1]
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: p.221.
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