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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.153-4, 167 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.153-4, 167 | ||
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Two Heads are Better than One is a farce in one act by F. Lennox Horne (fl. 1850s)
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London on 14 December, 1854, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1854.(Volume 19 of Collection of plays)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 17 July, with Power and Principle (Schiller/Barnett) and songs sung by Mr. Durban.
1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 1 October with The Man of Many Friends (Coyne) and Railway Overture by the Corps of S.A. Minstrels.
1860: Performed in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 9 Octoberwith The Man of Many Friends (Coyne), the Railway Overture by the Corps of S.A. Minstrels and an interlude of songs such as Lord Lovell etc. by a "lady from London". This performance took place in the Theatre Royal under the patronage of the Governor of the Cape.
1862: Performed by the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment in the Garrison Theatre, Main Barracks, Cape Town, with Susan Hopley, or The Trials of a Servant Girl (Pitt) on 25 July 1862.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original publication by T.H. Lacy, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
https://www.musicingotham.org/person/139401
https://archive.org/details/BP_RYPT_0008
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.153-4, 167
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