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The Tear, The Tar and the Tilbury is a "comic-tragedy" in five acts by an anonymous author.

1860: Performed as The Tear, The Tar and the Tilbury in September, probably by Sefton Parry and members of the Cape Town Dramatic Club, as part of the festivities surrounding the visit to Cape Town of Prince Alfred, the son of Queen Victoria.

Facsimile version of the 1844 text, Google E-book [1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.92

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 ''[[The Tear, The Tar and the Tilbury]]'' is a "comic-tragedy" in five acts by an anonymous author.
-==The original text==
+#REDIRECT[[The School for Sentiment, or The tar! The Tear!! and The Tilbury]]
-This is quite probably a reference to  ''[[The School for Sentiment, or The tar! The Tear!! and The Tilbury]]'', a parody by Gilbert À Beckett (1811 - 1856)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Abbott_%C3%A0_Beckett] of his own play ''[[The School for Sentiment]]'', published in ''Punch'' and later in the volume titled: ''Scenes from the rejected comedies'' (subtitled: by some of the competitors for the prize of £500 offered by Mr. B. Webster, lessee of the Haymarket Theatre, for the best original comedy, illustrative of English manners). Publication, distribution, etc. at the Punch Office, 194, Strand, in 1844.
-The volume contains parodies by À Beckett of scenes from plays by James Sheridan Knowles ()[] and nine other playwrights of the day, including himself with the scene from ''[[The School for Sentiment]]''.
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