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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)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Williams%2C%20Thomas%20J%2E%20%28Thomas%20John%29%2C%201824%2D1874]. 

Also known 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 by De Witt's Acting Plays (no. 24).

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1866: Performed as ''[[Found in a Four-Wheeler]]'' ("a new comedy from London") in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 19 November, by a company managed by [[James Leffler]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Colleen Bawn]]'' (Boucicault). 

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 ==

Thomas J. Williams publications, ''The Online Books Page''[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Williams%2C%20Thomas%20J%2E%20%28Thomas%20John%29%2C%201824%2D1874].

Allardyce Nicoll. , 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA625&lpg=PA625&dq=The+Silent+System+Thomas+J.+Williams&source=bl&ots=d78ysD0ks8&sig=zTFjnmh-A019NQhOwbD3kybR4wU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjPs-iHjuLdAhXJIcAKHTlvAOkQ6AEwCnoECAIQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Silent%20System%20Thomas%20J.%20Williams&f=false]

[[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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