The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril
The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril is a play in 3 acts by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[1]
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The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London on 24 July 1854, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1854.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 26 June, with Hunting a Turtle (Selby).
1862: Performed by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 7 July, with as Take Care of Dowb (Morton).
Sources
http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=81
https://theatricalia.com/play/1sh/old-chateau-the-or-a-night-of-peril/production/4m6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.131, 135
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