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''[[Scarlet Dick and the Road and its Riders]]'' is a play in three acts by [[J.B. Howe]] ()[].

Also found as ''[[Scarlet Dick!: the King's Highwayman!, or The Road and its Riders!]]''

==The original text==

According to Bosman (1980, citing [[Laidler]]), this was a new and original "blood and thunder" style play, Probably based on the legend of the highwayman Dick Turpin[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Turpin], this version was possibly written for the [[Disney Roebuck]] company,  and first (?) performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town,  in 1876. 

Performed as ''[[Scarlet Dick! : the King's highwayman!, or, The road and its riders!]]'', as part of a mixed bill at the Brittannia Theatre, London, in 1887.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1876: Performed as ''[[Scarlet Dick and the Road and its Riders]]'' as part of a season by  the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, under the temporary management of [[C. Wiltstone]], fe3aturing the author and [[George Yates]] in the cast.  


== Sources ==

Poster for a mixed bill,  Sara Lane: Britannia Theatre (London, England), [[WorldCat]][https://www.worldcat.org/title/mixed-playbill-for-proof-or-a-celebrated-case-the-four-wondrous-panlos-jovial-joe-colverd-scarlet-dick-the-kings-highwayman-or-the-road-and-its-riders-mdlle-victorina-theatre-collections-production-file/oclc/930326911]

[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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]]: pp.203-205

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