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''[[The Thimble Rig!]]'' is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]. | ''[[The Thimble Rig!]]'' is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
1851: Performed as ''[[Thimble Rig]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] on Wednesday 3 December, as afterpiece to ''[[Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour]]'' (Webster and Boucicault). The performance was in aid of "(S)ufferers by the Kaffir War" (i.e. the border war taking place on the eastern border of the Cape Province). | 1851: Performed as ''[[Thimble Rig]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players|Amateur Company]] on Wednesday 3 December, as afterpiece to ''[[Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour]]'' (Webster and Boucicault). The performance was in aid of "(S)ufferers by the Kaffir War" (i.e. the border war taking place on the eastern border of the Cape Province). | ||
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| + | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Thimble_Rig.html?id=Pu_BnQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y | ||
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 401-3, 420 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 401-3, 420 | ||
Revision as of 05:56, 8 July 2016
The Thimble Rig! is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1851: Performed as Thimble Rig in the Garrison Theatre by the Amateur Company on Wednesday 3 December, as afterpiece to Caesar de Bazan, or Love and Honour (Webster and Boucicault). The performance was in aid of "(S)ufferers by the Kaffir War" (i.e. the border war taking place on the eastern border of the Cape Province).
Sources
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Thimble_Rig.html?id=Pu_BnQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 401-3, 420
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