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1876: Performed as ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 24 July, with ''[[The Marble Heart]]'' (Lambert-Thiboust & Barrière /Selby) | 1876: Performed as ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 24 July, with ''[[The Marble Heart]]'' (Lambert-Thiboust & Barrière /Selby) | ||
| − | + | 1878: Performed as ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon) and scenes from ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' | |
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| + | 1876: Performed as ''[[The Captain's Not-A-Miss]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 4 July, with ''[[Our Boys]]'' (Byron) | ||
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Revision as of 05:49, 9 October 2018
The Captain's not A-miss is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[1]
Also found as Captain's not A-Miss, The Captain's not a Miss and so on.
Contents
The original text
First performed in the English Opera House, London, on 18 April, 1836 ; Laura Keene's Theatre New York in 1858.
Published in London by John Duncombe Vol xxi, Dicks Vol 914, and Thomas Hailes Lacy Vol xxix in 1836 and by Samuel French, [The Minor Drama, no CLIX, 1858?] in New York.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed as The Captain's not a Miss by the Disney Roebuck company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 24 July, with The Marble Heart (Lambert-Thiboust & Barrière /Selby)
1878: Performed as The Captain's not a Miss by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with Jack and Jack's Brother (Anon) and scenes from Robinson Crusoe
1876: Performed as The Captain's Not-A-Miss by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 4 July, with Our Boys (Byron)
Sources
Transcript of the Lacy text, Victorian[2]
The Online Books Page, Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks[3]
Facsimile version of the Samuel French text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 341, 369, 370
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