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 : Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 3 and 5 October.
-November 24, 1876: ''[[The Hunchback]]'' presented by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth. Starring [[Hilda Temple]] as Julia, [[Miss Balfe]] as Helen, [[Mr Yates]] as Master Walter, Mr [[R Robertson]] as Sir Thomas Clifford, [[William Elton]] as the Modus.
+November 24, 1876: ''[[The Hunchback]]'' presented by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s [[United Service Dramatic Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth. Starring [[Hilda Temple]] as Julia, [[Miss Balfe]] as Helen, [[Mr Yates]] as Master Walter, Mr [[R Robertson]] as Sir Thomas Clifford, [[William Elton]] as the Modus.
 : Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 November, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by [[Miss Wynne]].

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 : Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 3 and 5 October.
-November 24, 1876: ''[[The Hunchback]]'' presented by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth. Starring [[Hilda Temple]] as Julia, [[Miss Balfe]] as Helen, [[Mr Yates]] as Master Walter, Mr [[R Robertson]] as Sir Thomas Clifford, [[Wiliam Elton]] as the Modus.
+November 24, 1876: ''[[The Hunchback]]'' presented by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth. Starring [[Hilda Temple]] as Julia, [[Miss Balfe]] as Helen, [[Mr Yates]] as Master Walter, Mr [[R Robertson]] as Sir Thomas Clifford, [[William Elton]] as the Modus.
 : Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 November, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by [[Miss Wynne]].

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	The [[Eastern Province Herald]], June 17, 1862.		The [[Eastern Province Herald]], June 17, 1862.
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		+	The [[Eastern Province Herald]], November 28, 1876.

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles

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 : A reading of the play performed by [[Thomas Brazier]], as one of his series of [[Dramatic Readings]] held every alternate Monday in the Cape Town [[City Hall]] between 4 July and 7 November. (Other plays in the series of seven works read were Bulwer-Lytton's ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and five plays by Shakespeare: ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[King John]]'' and ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]''.)
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 : Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 23 December ("by special request"), with a dance by [[Miss Clara]] and ''[[John Wopps]]'' (Suter) as afterpiece.
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 : Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 3 and 5 October.
 : Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 November, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by [[Miss Wynne]].

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 : Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company, on 2 May in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, a benefit for [[John Howard]]. Also performed was ''[[A Dead Shot]]''  (Buckstone).
-June 17, 1862: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] at the [[New Theatre]] in Port Elizabeth. The production in Port Elizabeth was described as being staged with “beautiful new scenery by Mr Cooper” and “elegant Elizabethan costumes". After The Hunchback, Miss [[Lizzie Powell]] danced the celebrated [[Varsovienne]], a slow, graceful dance in ¾ time with an accented downbeat in alternate measures. The dance originated circa 1850 in Warsaw, Poland.
+June 17, 1862: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] at the [[New Theatre]] in Port Elizabeth. The production in Port Elizabeth was described as being staged with “beautiful new scenery by Mr Cooper” and “elegant Elizabethan costumes". After The Hunchback, Miss [[Lizzie Powell]] danced the celebrated [[Varsovienne]], a slow, graceful dance in ¾ time with an accented downbeat in alternate measures. The dance originated circa 1850 in Warsaw, Poland. The dance was followed by the "screaming farce” of [[A Kiss in the Dark]].
 : A reading of the play performed by [[Thomas Brazier]], as one of his series of [[Dramatic Readings]] held every alternate Monday in the Cape Town [[City Hall]] between 4 July and 7 November. (Other plays in the series of seven works read were Bulwer-Lytton's ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and five plays by Shakespeare: ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[King John]]'' and ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]''.)

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	Facsimile version of the 1832 text, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/hunchbackaplayi00knowgoog]		Facsimile version of the 1832 text, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/hunchbackaplayi00knowgoog]
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		+	The [[Eastern Province Herald]], June 17, 1862.

	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles

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 : Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company, on 6 June in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with  ''[[Stage Struck, or The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celestine Beverly]]''  (Dimond).
-: Performed (apparently for the last time) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company, on 2 May in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, a benefit for [[John Howard]]. Also performed was ''[[A Dead Shot]]''  (Buckstone).
+: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company, on 2 May in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, a benefit for [[John Howard]]. Also performed was ''[[A Dead Shot]]''  (Buckstone).
 : A reading of the play performed by [[Thomas Brazier]], as one of his series of [[Dramatic Readings]] held every alternate Monday in the Cape Town [[City Hall]] between 4 July and 7 November. (Other plays in the series of seven works read were Bulwer-Lytton's ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and five plays by Shakespeare: ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[King John]]'' and ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]''.)

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	1868: Scenes from the play were performed as part of a "''[[Musical and Dramatic Entertainment]]''" by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Commercial Exchange]], Cape Town on 27 January. The evening was under the patronage Governor Wodehouse, and the programme also included songs, dances, and scenes read and performed from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[King John]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton) and ''[[A Rough Diamond]]'' (Buckstone).		1868: Scenes from the play were performed as part of a "''[[Musical and Dramatic Entertainment]]''" by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Commercial Exchange]], Cape Town on 27 January. The evening was under the patronage Governor Wodehouse, and the programme also included songs, dances, and scenes read and performed from ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[King John]]'' (Shakespeare), ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton) and ''[[A Rough Diamond]]'' (Buckstone).
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		+	1876: Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 3 and 5 October.

	1877: Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 November, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by [[Miss Wynne]].		1877: Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 November, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by [[Miss Wynne]].