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| − | ''[[The Farce of A Fast Train! High Pressure!! Express!!!]]'' is a farce in one act attributed to J.M. Maddox (John Medex Maddox, also known as John Medex, 1789-1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Medex_Maddox]
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| − | The title appears in a variety of guises, depending on the number of exclamation marks.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | First performed at the Lyceum theatre in London, April 1853 and published in London, 1853.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1855: Performed as ''[[The Fast Train]]'' (by an anonymous author) by the [[Amateur Theatrical Society Port Elizabeth]] in the new [[Port Elizabeth Theatre]] ([[The Lyceum]]) in August, with ''[[The Rivals]]'' (Sheridan).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[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.509
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| − | Michael Dobson. 2011. ''Shakespeare and Amateur Performance: A Cultural History''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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| − | http://clevnet.library.link/portal/A-fast-train-High-pressure-Express--a/j_W6H6dr108/
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