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The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship is a nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[1], with music by George Rodwell. Sometimes referred to only as The Flying Dutchman.

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

1830: Repeated on 14 August, with Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man (King) as afterpiece.

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

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

The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre by Larry Stephen Clifton (Popular Press, 1993 )[2]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp.195, 214,

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-:  Played on 7 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[The Smoked Miser, or The Benefit of Hanging]]'' (Jerrold) as afterpiece. Repeated on 14 August, with ''[[Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man]]'' (King) as afterpiece.
+: Played on 7 August by the [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]], with ''[[The Smoked Miser, or The Benefit of Hanging]]'' (Jerrold) as afterpiece.
+: Repeated on 14 August, with ''[[Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man]]'' (King) as afterpiece.
 : Played on 29 April by  the [[Garrison Players]] (the [[Officers of the 98th Regiment]]) in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with ''[[The Irish Tutor, or New Lights]]'' (Glengall) as afterpiece.