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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;<a href="/index.php/The_Railway_Overture" title="The Railway Overture">The Railway Overture</a>&#039;&#039; is a performed minstrel performance from the 18th century. ==The original text== Quite probably either a version of a popular American minstrel...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''[[The Railway Overture]]'' is a performed minstrel performance from the 18th century. <br /> <br /> ==The original text==<br /> <br /> Quite probably either a version of a popular American minstrel song from the mid 19th century called ''[[The Railroad Overture]]'' or ''[[The Railroad Overture or Locumloshus Jimjam]]'', and/or something known as ''[[Locomotive Lecture]]''. <br /> <br /> See the discussion in &quot;Railroad Overture&quot;, on the website ''The JUBA Project''[https://minstrels.library.utoronto.ca/node/519083]<br /> <br /> == Performance history in South Africa ==<br /> <br /> 1860: A ''[[Railway Overture]]'' was performed by the [[Corps of S.A. Minstrels]] in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, along with ''[[Two Heads are Better than One]]'' (Horne) and ''[[The Man of Many Friends]]'' (Coyne).<br /> <br /> 1860: A ''[[Railway Overture]]'' was performed by the [[Corps of S.A. Minstrels]] in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, along with plays put on by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]] on 9 October: ''[[Two Heads are Better than One]]'' (Horne), ''[[The Man of Many Friends]]'' (Coyne) and an interlude of songs such as ''Lord Lovell'' etc. by a &quot;lady from London&quot;. This performance took place in the ''[[Theatre Royal]]'' under the patronage of the Governor of the Cape.<br /> <br /> == Sources ==<br /> <br /> https://minstrels.library.utoronto.ca/node/519083<br /> <br /> [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.153<br /> <br /> Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]<br /> <br /> == Return to ==<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[Main Page]]</div>

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