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''[[The Post-boy]]'' is a drama in two acts by Henry Thornton Craven

==The original text==

Published as ''[[The Post-boy: An Original Drama, in Two Acts by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1861

''[[The Post-Boy]]''. An original drama, in two acts. Published by Samuel French. (French's Acting edition.) [c.1870]

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

== Sources ==

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Henry_Thornton_Craven_The_Post_boy?id=jdhUAAAAcAAJ

http://www.jarndyce.co.uk/stock.php?pageNum_rs_stock=5&totalRows_rs_stock=1148&catalog=161&stksearch=go

[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

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	[[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.)		[[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, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 360,	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 360-1.

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 ==The original text==
-Published as ''[[The Post-boy: An Original Drama, in Two Acts]]''  by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1861
+First performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 31 October 1860. Published as ''[[The Post-boy]]'' by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1861 and later also by Samuel French. (French's Acting edition.) [c.1870]
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[The Post-boy]]'' is a drama in two acts by Henry Thornton Craven
+''[[The Post-boy]]'' is a drama in two acts by Henry Thornton Craven (1818-1905)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thornton_Craven]-
 ==The original text==
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 [[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.)

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	[[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.)		[[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, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 360,

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−	1877: Probably performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Luscombe Searelle]] and his company on 24 September. Actually, according to Bosman, 1980: p. 360, the play ~~was~~ billed as ''[[Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy]]'')~~, and was accompanied by~~ ''[[The Loan of a Lover]]'' (Planché). Bosman most probably conflated the titles of Gurney's one-act play as ''[[Grandfather's Darling]]'' with that of Craven's play, ~~possibly also~~ done that night.	+	1877: Probably performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Luscombe Searelle]] and his company on 24 September. Actually, according to Bosman, 1980: p. 360, the company did a play billed as ''[[Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy]]'') as partner piece to ''[[The Loan of a Lover]]'' (Planché). Bosman most probably conflated the titles of Gurney's one-act play ''[[Grandfather's Darling]]'' with that of Craven's play, and that both plays were done that night.

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1877: Probably performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Luscombe Searelle]] and his company on 24 September. Actually, according to Bosman, 1980: p. 360, the play was billed as ''[[Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy]]''), and was accompanied by ''[[The Loan of a Lover]]'' (Planché). Bosman most probably conflated the titles of Gurney's one-act play as ''[[Grandfather's Darling]]'' with that of Craven's play, possibly also done that night.

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 Published as ''[[The Post-boy: An Original Drama, in Two Acts]]''  by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1861
-''[[The Post-Boy]]''. An original drama, in two acts. Published by Samuel French. (French's Acting edition.) [c.1870]
+''[[The Post-boy]]''. An original drama, in two acts. Published by Samuel French. (French's Acting edition.) [c.1870]
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
+[[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, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.