A Young Man in a Hurry - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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 The play was apparently written for the [[Cape Town Theatre]], possibly in 1858, when it was under the management of [[Sefton Parry]]. Nothing more than the title of the piece is known from the publicity surrounding the production.
-Described as "a farce in one act written by "[[A Gentleman of the Cape|a Gentleman of the Cape]]", but with no further information on either the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce,  ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' for [[Mrs Tellett]], in 1862.
+Described as "a farce in one act written by "[[A Gentleman of the Cape|a Gentleman of the Cape]]", but with no further information on either the play or the author. It may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce,  ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' for [[Mrs Tellett]], in 1862.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.69, 72
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.69, 72, 180
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers

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 The play was apparently written for the [[Cape Town Theatre]], possibly in 1858, when it was under the management of [[Sefton Parry]]. Nothing more than the title of the piece is known from the publicity surrounding the production.
-Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce,  ''[[A Young Man in a Hurry]]'', in 1858.
+Described as "a farce in one act written by "[[A Gentleman of the Cape|a Gentleman of the Cape]]", but with no further information on either the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce,  ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' for [[Mrs Tellett]], in 1862.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	The play was apparently written for the [[Cape Town Theatre]], possibly in 1858, when it was under the management of [[Sefton Parry]]. Nothing more than the title of the piece is known from the publicity surrounding the production.		The play was apparently written for the [[Cape Town Theatre]], possibly in 1858, when it was under the management of [[Sefton Parry]]. Nothing more than the title of the piece is known from the publicity surrounding the production.
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		+	Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though it may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce, ''[[A Young Man in a Hurry]]'', in 1858.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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−	''[[A Young Man in a Hurry]]'' is a farce in one act written by "[[a Gentleman of the Cape]]".	+	''[[A Young Man in a Hurry]]'' is a farce in one act written by "[[A Gentleman of the Cape\|a Gentleman of the Cape]]".

	''Not to be confused with "A Young Man in a Hurry", a short story (and eponymous the short story collection in which it appeared in 1904) by the American author and artist Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers]''		''Not to be confused with "A Young Man in a Hurry", a short story (and eponymous the short story collection in which it appeared in 1904) by the American author and artist Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers]''

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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+: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], on 1 June, as an afterpiece to Parry's production of ''[[Macbeth]]''.
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
-Nothing more than the title of the piece is known.
+The play was apparently written for the [[Cape Town Theatre]], possibly in 1858, when it was under the management of [[Sefton Parry]]. Nothing more than the title of the piece is known from the publicity surrounding the production.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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		+	Nothing more than the title of the piece is known.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==