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''[[Cut Off with a Shilling]]'' is a comedietta in one act by S. Theyre-Smith (fl. 1870s. Also found as  S. Theyre Smith.)

==The original text==

First performed in London at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 10 April 1871. Published in London by Samuel French in the same year.
Published in New York by Harold Roorbach, c1890.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1878: Performed in the [[Good Hope Gardens]] by "[[The Paultons]]" ([[Tom Paulton]] and Mrs [[Emmeline Paulton]]) and a company of amateurs on 21 October as part of a mixed programme that also included ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) and ''[[Where are we now?]]'', a "comic, topical [[Negro]] lecture, written by a Cape Town gentleman". 

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the 1871 [[Samuel French]] text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035136186;view=1up;seq=4]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 373

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