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−	~~''[[Foul Play]]'' is a drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade].~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Le Portefeuille Rouge]]
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−	~~Also found as '''''[[Foul Play, or The Scuttled Ship]]'''''.~~
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−	~~==The original text==~~
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−	~~A nautical melodrama telling of innocence, transportation and the infamous practice of scuttling ships, the play is based on a plot in part taken from the French ''~~[[Le Portefeuille Rouge]]'' by Fournier and Meyer, and initially used to write a 3 volume novel called ''Foul Play'' by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault. This appeared in instalments in the literary magazine ''Once a Week'', from January to June 1868, with illustrations by George du Maurier, and was first published in 1868 by Bradbury, Evans and Co., London, and Ticknor and Fields, Boston, in the same year.
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−	In 1868 Boucicault adapted the novel for the stage as ''[[Foul Play]]'' (though ascribed to Dion Boucicault and Charles Reade), and first performed at the New Holborn Theater, London, under the management of Miss Fanny Josephs on 28 May 1868 for not too successful run. This text was also published in London by Bradbury, Evans and Co. in 1868.Published in and by The Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago as no 368 of Sergel's Acting Drama.
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−	In 1876 Charles Reade undertook his own adaptation of their novel, now called '''''[[The Scuttled Ship]]''''' (or ''[[A Scuttled Ship]]''), first performed on 2 April 1877 at the Olympic Theatre, London, where it was a critical failure.
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
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−	1878: Performed as ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (ascribed to Boucicault and Reade) as a part of benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with the "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]" of ''[[Bluebeard]]'' (Planché and Dance).
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	Richard Fawkes. 1979. ''Dion Boucicault''. Ardent Media: pp. 59-60[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=QTSB1eopHbAC&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=Foul+Play+or+The+Scuttled+Ship+Boucicault+and+Reade&source=bl&ots=v37Kb0YUuw&sig=tTZrqyXOIzokyzeJYTgpnRMkZLg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiloO2sy9TaAhWMa8AKHQobBqIQ6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=Foul%20Play%20or%20The%20Scuttled%20Ship%20Boucicault%20and%20Reade&f=false]
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−	John Sutherland. 2014. ''The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction''. Routledge: p.230 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=X2KuBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=Foul+Play+or+The+Scuttled+Ship+Boucicault+and+Reade&source=bl&ots=4JNcyMSRCp&sig=VohJEUlUITjz9E8o2hjHTnHiDG0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjopbjwNTaAhXKAcAKHYhtDokQ6AEINjAD#v=onepage&q=Foul%20Play%20or%20The%20Scuttled%20Ship%20Boucicault%20and%20Reade&f=false]
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−	Facsimile version of the edition of the play called ''[[Foul Play]]'' by The Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago (no 368 of Sergel's Acting Drama). Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hx29wu;view=1up;seq=6]
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−	~~[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 371.~~
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−	~~[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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 ''[[Foul Play]]'' is a drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade].
-Also found as ''[[Foul Play, or The Scuttled Ship]]''.
+Also found as '''''[[Foul Play, or The Scuttled Ship]]'''''.
 ==The original text==

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−	''[[Foul Play]]'' is a drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault].	+	''[[Foul Play]]'' is a drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade].
−	and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade].

	Also found as ''[[Foul Play, or The Scuttled Ship]]''.		Also found as ''[[Foul Play, or The Scuttled Ship]]''.

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−	''[[Foul Play]]'' is a drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890) and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade].	+	''[[Foul Play]]'' is a drama in four acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault].
		+	and Charles Reade (1814-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reade].

	Also found as ''[[Foul Play, or The Scuttled Ship]]''.		Also found as ''[[Foul Play, or The Scuttled Ship]]''.

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 ==The original text==
-A nautical melodrama telling of innocence, transportation and the infamous practice of scuttling ships, the play is based on a plot in part taken from the French ''Le Portefeuille Rouge'' by Fournier and Meyer, and initially used to write a 3 volume novel called ''Foul Play'' by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault. This appeared in instalments in the literary magazine ''Once a Week'', from January to June 1868, with illustrations by George du Maurier, and was first published in 1868 by Bradbury, Evans and Co., London, and Ticknor and Fields, Boston, in the same year.
+A nautical melodrama telling of innocence, transportation and the infamous practice of scuttling ships, the play is based on a plot in part taken from the French ''[[Le Portefeuille Rouge]]'' by Fournier and Meyer, and initially used to write a 3 volume novel called ''Foul Play'' by Charles Reade and Dion Boucicault. This appeared in instalments in the literary magazine ''Once a Week'', from January to June 1868, with illustrations by George du Maurier, and was first published in 1868 by Bradbury, Evans and Co., London, and Ticknor and Fields, Boston, in the same year.
 In 1868 Boucicault adapted the novel for the stage as ''[[Foul Play]]'' (though ascribed to Dion Boucicault and Charles Reade),  and first performed at the New Holborn Theater, London, under the management of Miss Fanny Josephs on 28 May 1868 for  not too successful run. This text was also published in London by Bradbury, Evans and Co. in 1868.Published in and by The Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago as no 368 of Sergel's Acting Drama.

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 In 1868 Boucicault adapted the novel for the stage as ''[[Foul Play]]'' (though ascribed to Dion Boucicault and Charles Reade),  and first performed at the New Holborn Theater, London, under the management of Miss Fanny Josephs on 28 May 1868 for  not too successful run. This text was also published in London by Bradbury, Evans and Co. in 1868.Published in and by The Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago as no 368 of Sergel's Acting Drama.
-In 1876 Charles Reade undertook his own adaptation on his own, called '''''[[The Scuttled Ship]]''''' (or ''[[A Scuttled Ship]]''), first performed on 2 April 1877 at the Olympic Theatre, London, where it was a critical failure.
+In 1876 Charles Reade undertook his own adaptation of their novel, now called '''''[[The Scuttled Ship]]''''' (or ''[[A Scuttled Ship]]''), first performed on 2 April 1877 at the Olympic Theatre, London, where it was a critical failure.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (ascribed to Boucicault and Reade) as a part of benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with the "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]"  of ''[[Bluebeard]]''.
+: Performed as ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (ascribed to Boucicault and Reade) as a part of benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with the "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]"  of ''[[Bluebeard]]'' (Planché and Dance).
 == Sources ==

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		+	1878: Performed as ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (ascribed to Boucicault and Reade) as a part of benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with the "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]" of ''[[Bluebeard]]''.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==