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Facsimile version of the Dramatic Publishing Co., [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435055164057;view=1up;seq=5]
 
Facsimile version of the Dramatic Publishing Co., [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435055164057;view=1up;seq=5]
  
[[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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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 211, 214.
  
 
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Revision as of 06:15, 10 April 2021

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. 211, 214.

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