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| + | 8 June 1836: Played once more by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Amateur Theatre]](?), with ''[[The Irishman in London]]'' (Macready) as afterpiece. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 07:02, 15 July 2014
A nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873), with music by George Rodwell. Sometimes referred to only as The Flying Dutchman.
Contents
The original text
Written 1826, opened at the Adelphi Theatre London, 8 January 1827.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
28 April, 1835: Played by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the Amateur Theatre, with The Irish Tutor, or new Lights (Glengall) as afterpiece.
3 June, 1835: Repeated by the Garrison Players (the Officers of the 98th Regiment) in the Amateur Theatre, with Amateurs and Actors (Sheridan) as afterpiece.
8 June 1836: Played once more by the Garrison Players in the Amateur Theatre(?), with The Irishman in London (Macready) as afterpiece.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball
The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre by Larry Stephen Clifton (Popular Press, 1993 )[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.195,
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