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| − | ''[[The Railway Overture]]'' is a performed minstrel performance from the 18th century.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Quite probably either a version of a popular American minstrel song from the mid 19th century called ''[[The Railroad Overture]]'' or ''[[The Railroad Overture or Locumloshus Jimjam]]'', and/or something known as ''[[Locomotive Lecture]]''.
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| − | See the discussion in "Railroad Overture", on the website ''The JUBA Project''[https://minstrels.library.utoronto.ca/node/519083]
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1860: A ''[[Railway Overture]]'' was performed by the [[Corps of S.A. Minstrels]] in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, along with ''[[Two Heads are Better than One]]'' (Horne) and ''[[The Man of Many Friends]]'' (Coyne).
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| − | 1860: A ''[[Railway Overture]]'' was performed by the [[Corps of S.A. Minstrels]] in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, along with plays put on by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]] on 9 October: ''[[Two Heads are Better than One]]'' (Horne), ''[[The Man of Many Friends]]'' (Coyne) and an interlude of songs such as ''Lord Lovell'' etc. by a "lady from London". This performance took place in the ''[[Theatre Royal]]'' under the patronage of the Governor of the Cape.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.153
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