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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 26, 27 and 29 August, with ''[[Robinson Crusoe or The King of the Carribee Islands]]'' (possibly a burlesque version of Byron's pantomime, ).
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1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 26, 27 and 29 August, with ''[[Robinson Crusoe or The King of the Carribee Islands]]'' (possibly a burlesque version of Byron's pantomime, ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!]]'').
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:05, 10 March 2021

The Post Boy is a play by Craven

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Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 26, 27 and 29 August, with Robinson Crusoe or The King of the Carribee Islands (possibly a burlesque version of Byron's pantomime, Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.98-9, 108

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