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''[[The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship]]'' is a nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball], with music by George Rodwell. Sometimes referred to only as ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]''.
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== The original text ==
 
 
 
Written 1826, opened at the Adelphi Theatre London, 8 January 1827.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1830:  Played on 7 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[The Smoked Miser, or The Benefit of Hanging]]'' (Jerrold) as afterpiece. Repeated on 14 August, with ''[[Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man]]'' (King) as afterpiece.
 
 
1835: Played on 28 April by  the [[Garrison Players]] (the [[Officers of the 98th Regiment]]) in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with ''[[The Irish Tutor, or New Lights]]'' (Glengall) as afterpiece.
 
 
 
1835: Repeated on 3 June, by  the [[Garrison Players]] (the [[Officers of the 98th Regiment]])  in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with ''[[Amateurs and Actors]]'' (Peake) as afterpiece.
 
 
 
1836: Played once more on 8 June by  the [[Garrison Players]]  in the [[Amateur Theatre]](?), with ''[[The Irishman in London]]'' (Macready) as afterpiece.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball
 
 
 
''The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre''  by Larry Stephen Clifton (Popular Press, 1993 )[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=oQ5VhsjD5yoC&pg=PA130&lpg=PA130&dq=The+Flying+Dutchman+play+by+Fitzball&source=bl&ots=grH3iC3Ehe&sig=_THkSKlzCuhbJzpNXv8zHYFA_E0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fLDEU8irB6X9ygOdnYHwBg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=The%20Flying%20Dutchman%20play%20by%20Fitzball&f=false]
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.195,
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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