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''[[Wanted, A Young Lady]]'' is a farce in one act by William E. Suter (1811?-1882)[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Suter%2C%20William%20E%2E%2C%201811%3F%2D1882].

==The original text==

Originally performed in London and published by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1865.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1871: Performed  on 17 April, by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Theatre Royal, Main Barracks]] (formerly the [[Garrison Theatre]]) in Cape Town. Also performed as ''[[Who Stole the Pocket-book?, or A Dinner for Six]]''  (Morton) and ''[[An Englishman's House is his Castle]]'' (Morton). A benefit performance for [[Sergeant Biphen]].

== Sources ==

Facsimile version of the original published text, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/SuterWantedYoungLady] 

[[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 1923. (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]]: p. 267

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