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Revision as of 05:36, 3 August 2021

The Wraith of Table Mountain is a domestic drama in three acts by B. Mollan (fl 1860s)[]. .

The original text

F.C.L. Bosman wrongly suggests that this was probably written by I.R. Taylor)


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed for the first time (and attributed to "a Gentleman of the Cape") by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre on 13 August, with the "Interesting Comic Ballet Pantomime" called The Demon of the Forest, or Cassander a Cooper (Anon).

1866: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre on 15 and 16 August, with Where's Your Wife (Bridgeman).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.212, 214, 216

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