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''[[Little Toddlekins]]'' is a comic drama in one act by Charles James Mathews (1803-1878)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Mathews] | ''[[Little Toddlekins]]'' is a comic drama in one act by Charles James Mathews (1803-1878)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Mathews] | ||
| − | Also found as ''[[Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder]]'' | + | Also found as '''''[[Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder]]''''' |
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Little Toddlekins is a comic drama in one act by Charles James Mathews (1803-1878)[1]
Also found as Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder
Contents
Original text
First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre on December 15th, 1852 and published in Volume 12 of Lacy's acting editions, 1852.
Acted in America at the Broadway Theatre (New York, N.Y. : 1847-1859), the Federal Street Theatre (Boston, Mass.) and by the Shakespeare Club of Cincinnati, and published there in 1857.
Performance history in South Africa
1855: Performed as Little Toddlekins by Sefton Parry in a Drawing Room Theatre which he constructed in the Commercial Rooms in Cape Town on Tuesday 12 June, with what appears to have been a display piece called Seeing Parry as afterpiece.
1864: Performed as Little Toddlekins in June as part of the closing production of the St George's Theatre, Pietermaritzburg, along with The Wandering Minstrel (Mayhew) and Who Stole the Pocket Book (Morton).
1864: Performed as Little Toddlekins in August by the officers of the 10th Batallion as part of their first performance in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, along with My Husband's Ghost (Norton) and "Interludes of Singing and Instrumental Music".
1875: Performed as Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 7 April, with Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth(Boucicault).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1852 edition by Lacy, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
http://www.worldcat.org/title/little-toddlekins-a-comic-drama-in-one-act/oclc/1355868
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Mathews
Dennis Schauffer. 1978. The Establishment of a Theatrical Tradition in Pietermaritzburg, Prior to the Opening of the First Civilian Playhouse. Unpublished PhD., University of Natal.
Google Books[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: p. 256, 311, 323, 340, 365, 428,
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