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[[The Steeple-chase, or In the Pigskin]] is an original farce in one act by  John Maddison Morton (1811-1891).
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#REDIRECT[[The Steeple-Chase, or In the Pigskin]]
 
 
Also found as ''[[The Steeple Chase, or In the Pigskin]]'', ''[[The Steeplechase]]'' or ''[[The Steeple Chase]]''
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
First performed in the Nedw Adelphi Theatre, Londoon, on March 22nd, 1865 by [[Benjamin Webster]]
 
 
 
Published London by T.H. Lacy, and later by S. French, Ltd.
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1874: Performed as ''[[The Steeple Chase]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]] on 21 April by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[Caste]]'' (Robertson) and a "Jockey Dance" performed by [[Maggie Duggan]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the Samuel French text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069220801;view=1up;seq=6]
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 307, 311-316, 324, 332, 338, 342-343, 365, 369, 400, 434-280.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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