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First performed in London at the Adelphi Theatre in  November 1843 and at Sadler's Wells Theatre. Published in  
 
First performed in London at the Adelphi Theatre in  November 1843 and at Sadler's Wells Theatre. Published in  
 
London by [[T.H. Lacy]] and in Chicago : Dramatic Publishing Co., [1843?])
 
London by [[T.H. Lacy]] and in Chicago : Dramatic Publishing Co., [1843?])
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 08:11, 18 May 2019

The Roll of the Drum is a romantic drama in three acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)

The original text

First performed in London at the Adelphi Theatre in November 1843 and at Sadler's Wells Theatre. Published in London by T.H. Lacy and in Chicago : Dramatic Publishing Co., [1843?])

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as The Roll of the Drum in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by the Le Roy-Duret Company on 30 July, with The Four Sisters (Brooks).

Sources

Facsimile version of the Dramatic Publishing Co., Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 209.

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