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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, year unknown. Starring Captain [[Disney Roebuck]] as Alderman Jones, [[Seymour Dallas]] as The Hon Guy Devereux, [[Wilfred Lyndon]] as Cecil Leighton, [[C J Barber]] as Jellico, [[Charles Wilstone]] as Fibbins, [[Jack Lawson]] as Mr Jubbins, Mr Williams as Mr Sharpe, Miss [[Agnes Birchenough]] as Amy Jones, Miss [[Eugenie Vernie]] as Dolly Devereux, Miss [[Florence Conliffe]] as Lady Penneeuick.
+Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, year unknown. Starring Captain [[Disney Roebuck]] as Alderman Jones, [[Seymour Dallas]] as The Hon Guy Devereux, [[Wilfred Lyndon]] as Cecil Leighton, [[Charles J Barber]] as Jellico, [[Charles Wilstone]] as Fibbins, [[Jack Lawson]] as Mr Jubbins, Mr Williams as Mr Sharpe, Miss [[Agnes Birchenough]] as Amy Jones, Miss [[Eugenie Vernie]] as Dolly Devereux, Miss [[Florence Conliffe]] as Lady Penneeuick.
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-According to some sources it was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, year unknown. Starring Captain [[Disney Roebuck]] as Alderman Jones, [[Seymour Dallas]] as The Hon Guy Devereux, [[Wilfred Lyndon]] as Cecil Leighton, [[C J Barber]] as Jellico, [[Charles Wilstone]] as Fibbins, [[Jack Lawson]] as Mr Jubbins, Mr Williams as Mr Sharpe, Miss [[Agnes Birchenough]] as Amy Jones, Miss [[Eugenie Vernie]] as Dolly Devereux, Miss [[Florence Conliffe]] as Lady Penneeuick.
+Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, year unknown. Starring Captain [[Disney Roebuck]] as Alderman Jones, [[Seymour Dallas]] as The Hon Guy Devereux, [[Wilfred Lyndon]] as Cecil Leighton, [[C J Barber]] as Jellico, [[Charles Wilstone]] as Fibbins, [[Jack Lawson]] as Mr Jubbins, Mr Williams as Mr Sharpe, Miss [[Agnes Birchenough]] as Amy Jones, Miss [[Eugenie Vernie]] as Dolly Devereux, Miss [[Florence Conliffe]] as Lady Penneeuick.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-According to some sources it was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, '''1876'''!  (This is highly unlikely, given the opening of the play in London in 1879, the date must have been later, ''late'' 1879 at the very earliest.) Starring Captain [[Disney Roebuck]] as Alderman Jones, [[Seymour Dallas]] as The Hon Guy Devereux, [[Wilfred Lyndon]] as Cecil Leighton, [[C J Barber]] as Jellico, [[Charles Wilstone]] as Fibbins, [[Jack Lawson]] as Mr Jubbins, Mr Williams as Mr Sharpe, Miss [[Agnes Birchenough]] as Amy Jones, Miss [[Eugenie Vernie]] as Dolly Devereux, Miss [[Florence Conliffe]] as Lady Penneeuick.
+According to some sources it was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, year unknown. Starring Captain [[Disney Roebuck]] as Alderman Jones, [[Seymour Dallas]] as The Hon Guy Devereux, [[Wilfred Lyndon]] as Cecil Leighton, [[C J Barber]] as Jellico, [[Charles Wilstone]] as Fibbins, [[Jack Lawson]] as Mr Jubbins, Mr Williams as Mr Sharpe, Miss [[Agnes Birchenough]] as Amy Jones, Miss [[Eugenie Vernie]] as Dolly Devereux, Miss [[Florence Conliffe]] as Lady Penneeuick.
 == Sources ==

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−	~~[[Margaret Harradine]]. 1995. ''Port Elizabeth: A Social Chronicle to the End of 1945''. Port Elizabeth: E.H. Walton Packaging (Pty) Ltd.~~

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-''[[Crutch and Toothpick]]'', a comedy in three acts by G.R. Sims (1847–1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims]. Based on a French farce by Eugène Labiche(1815-1888)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Marin_Labiche],
+''[[Crutch and Toothpick]]'', a comedy in three acts by G.R. Sims (1847–1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims].
 ==The original text==
-Based on an unnamed farce by Eugène Labiche ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Marin_Labiche], it was adapted into English as  ''[[Crutch and Toothpick]]'', a comedy in three acts by G.R. Sims (1847–1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims]. Produced in the Royalty Theatre, London, 1879 and enjoyed a run for 240 nights.
+Based on an unnamed farce by Eugène Labiche ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Marin_Labiche], it was adapted into English produced in the Royalty Theatre, London, 1879 and enjoyed a run for 240 nights.
 The English title is taken from the music hall expression meaning referring to the "Crutch and Toothpick brigade"[https://monologues.co.uk/musichall/Phrases.htm] A crutch was a handled walking stick and the toothpick is refering to a gold toothpick that fops used to wear as a form of jewelry, so the tight trousered, crutch sticks and gold toothpick characters were dubbed the 'Crutch and Toothpick' brigade. Often of hangers-about at stage door.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=IAjyQdFwh4UC&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=What+is+meant+by+Crutch+and+Toothpick+person&source=bl&ots=_3MElKuM_K&sig=thmZ4RgaWvs6MycUxXGOkrfLDZY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP55KU5e_dAhXB8qQKHU6gDsgQ6AEwEXoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=What%20is%20meant%20by%20Crutch%20and%20Toothpick%20person&f=false]
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 https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Lottie_Venne
 [[Margaret Harradine]]. 1995. ''Port Elizabeth: A Social Chronicle to the End of 1945''. Port Elizabeth: E.H. Walton Packaging (Pty) Ltd.

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 ==The original text==
-Music Hall meaning of "Crutch and Toothpick"[https://monologues.co.uk/musichall/Phrases.htm] A crutch was a handled walking stick and the toothpick is refering to a gold toothpick that fops used to wear as a form of jewelry, so the tight trousered, crutch sticks and gold toothpick characters were dubbed the 'Crutch and Toothpick' brigade. Often of hangers-about at stage door.
+Music Hall meaning of "Crutch and Toothpick"[https://monologues.co.uk/musichall/Phrases.htm] A crutch was a handled walking stick and the toothpick is refering to a gold toothpick that fops used to wear as a form of jewelry, so the tight trousered, crutch sticks and gold toothpick characters were dubbed the 'Crutch and Toothpick' brigade. Often of hangers-about at stage door.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=IAjyQdFwh4UC&pg=PA275&lpg=PA275&dq=What+is+meant+by+Crutch+and+Toothpick+person&source=bl&ots=_3MElKuM_K&sig=thmZ4RgaWvs6MycUxXGOkrfLDZY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP55KU5e_dAhXB8qQKHU6gDsgQ6AEwEXoECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=What%20is%20meant%20by%20Crutch%20and%20Toothpick%20person&f=false]
 Based on an unnamed farce by Eugène Labiche ()[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Marin_Labiche], it was adapted into English as  ''[[Crutch and Toothpick]]'', a comedy in three acts by G.R. Sims (1847–1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims]. Produced in the Royalty Theatre, London, 1879 and enjoyed a run for 240 nights.