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''[[The Fast Coach]]'' is a light comedy in one act by C.J. Claridge (Jr, ) and Robert Soutar (Jr, 1830-1908) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Soutar]
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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First performed at the Olympic Theatre, London,  in 1851, published by [[L.C. Lacy]] in the same year.
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.574[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ong3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA574&lpg=PA574&dq=The+Fast+Coach+by+j.r.+claridge+and+robert+Soutar&source=bl&ots=UM6Kt7r4lk&sig=ACfU3U1lLeH7RjiUcZiD6OZ_pqq12sckVQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin-tjq_JDmAhXXi1wKHbS0D0wQ6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Fast%20Coach%20by%20j.r.%20claridge%20and%20robert%20Soutar&f=false]
  
 
[[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 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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Revision as of 05:25, 30 November 2019

The Fast Coach is a light comedy in one act by C.J. Claridge (Jr, ) and Robert Soutar (Jr, 1830-1908) [1]

The original text

First performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, in 1851, published by L.C. Lacy in the same year.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed as The Fast Coach by the Charles Fraser and his company in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 March, with A Wonderful Woman (Dance). The performers included Charles Fraser, Miss Rowlands and Mr Raymond in the leads, with V. Verdict also praised.


Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.574[2]

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 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.127-8

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