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1851: Performed in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] on Wednesday 3 December, as afterpiece to ''[[Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour]]'' (Webster and Boucicault). The performance was in aid of "(S)ufferers by the Kaffir War" (i.e. the border war taking place on the eastern border of the Cape Province). | 1851: Performed in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] on Wednesday 3 December, as afterpiece to ''[[Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour]]'' (Webster and Boucicault). The performance was in aid of "(S)ufferers by the Kaffir War" (i.e. the border war taking place on the eastern border of the Cape Province). | ||
Revision as of 05:51, 8 July 2016
Thimble Rig is a laughable farce by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
1851: Performed in the Garrison Theatre by the Amateur Company on Wednesday 3 December, as afterpiece to Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour (Webster and Boucicault). The performance was in aid of "(S)ufferers by the Kaffir War" (i.e. the border war taking place on the eastern border of the Cape Province).
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 401-3, 420
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