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| − | According to some sources it was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, '''1876'''! As this is highly unlikely, given the opening of the play in London in 1879, the date must have been later, | + | According to some sources it was performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Port Elizabeth, by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company April 20–21, '''1876'''! As this is highly unlikely, given the opening of the play in London in 1879, the date must have been later, ''late'' 1879 at the very earliest. |
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Crutch and Toothpick is a comedy in three acts by G.R. Sims (1847–1922)[1]
His first hit play, Crutch and Toothpick, based on a French farce by Labiche, was produced at the Royalty Theatre on 14th April, 1879
Produced in the Royalty Theatre, London, 1879 and enjoyed a run for 240 nights
According to some sources it was performed in the Theatre Royal, Port Elizabeth, by Captain Disney Roebuck's company April 20–21, 1876! As this is highly unlikely, given the opening of the play in London in 1879, the date must have been later, late 1879 at the very earliest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Robert_Sims
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18830710.2.11
