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Revision as of 06:51, 1 January 2020
The Flying Scud, or A Four-legged Fortune is an equestrian melodrama by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[1].
Often simply called The Flying Scud.
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The original text
A melodrama about horse-racing, that featured a live horse on stage, the work was ostensibly written as opening piece of Sefton Parry's new Holborn Theatre in London, where it had its first performance on 6 October 1866. The text was published by in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed in the Theatre Royal on 30 January by Disney Roebuck and his company, featuring "real horses". It was presented with The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday).
Sources
David Mayer. 2004. "Encountering Melodrama", In: Kerry Powell (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre, Cambridge University Press:pp.158-162[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault
A List of Dion Boucicault's Major Dramatic Works, The Victorian Web[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 365
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