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28 April, 1835: Played by  the [[Garrison Players]] (the Officers of the 98th Regiment)  in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with ''[[The Irish Tutor, or new Lights]]'' (Glengall) as afterpiece.
 
28 April, 1835: Played by  the [[Garrison Players]] (the Officers of the 98th Regiment)  in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with ''[[The Irish Tutor, or new Lights]]'' (Glengall) as afterpiece.
  
3 June, 1835: Repeated by  the [[Garrison Players]] (the Officers of the 98th Regiment)  in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with ''[[Amateurs and Actors]]'' (Sheridan) as afterpiece.
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3 June, 1835: Repeated by  the [[Garrison Players]] (the Officers of the 98th Regiment)  in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with ''[[Amateurs and Actors]]'' (Peake) as afterpiece.
  
 
8 June 1836: Played once more by  the [[Garrison Players]]  in the [[Amateur Theatre]](?), with ''[[The Irishman in London]]'' (Macready) as afterpiece.
 
8 June 1836: Played once more by  the [[Garrison Players]]  in the [[Amateur Theatre]](?), with ''[[The Irishman in London]]'' (Macready) as afterpiece.

Revision as of 07:04, 15 July 2014

A nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873), with music by George Rodwell. Sometimes referred to only as The Flying Dutchman.

The original text

Written 1826, opened at the Adelphi Theatre London, 8 January 1827.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

28 April, 1835: Played by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the Amateur Theatre, with The Irish Tutor, or new Lights (Glengall) as afterpiece.

3 June, 1835: Repeated by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the Amateur Theatre, with Amateurs and Actors (Peake) as afterpiece.

8 June 1836: Played once more by the Garrison Players in the Amateur Theatre(?), with The Irishman in London (Macready) as afterpiece.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball

The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre by Larry Stephen Clifton (Popular Press, 1993 )[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.195,

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