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''[[The Captain's not A-miss]]'' is a farce in one act
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''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' is a farce by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-207731/]
 
''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' is a farce by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-207731/]
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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First performed in London, 1836 ; Laura Keene's Theatre New York in 1858.
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Published in New York by Samuel French, [The Minor Drama, no CLIX, 1858?]
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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''The Online Books Page'', Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854]
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069182969;view=1up;seq=7]
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 341, 369, 370
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 341, 369, 370

Revision as of 06:04, 7 October 2018

The Captain's not A-miss is a farce in one act

The Captain's not a Miss is a farce by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[1]

The original text

First performed in London, 1836 ; Laura Keene's Theatre New York in 1858.

Published in New York by Samuel French, [The Minor Drama, no CLIX, 1858?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed by the Disney Roebuck company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 24 July, with The Marble Heart

Sources

The Online Books Page, Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks[2]

Facsimile version of the Samuel French text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 341, 369, 370

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