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1862: Performed as ''[[The Ugly Customer]]'' by members of the [[Dramatic Club]] of the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in Keiskama Hoek on August 30, September 11 and 19. The cast consisted of [[T. J. Tucker]] Esq,. (Mr Simon Coobiddy, a retired grocer), [[R. Johnson]] Esq. (Captain Coriolanos Snapdragon), [[E. Saunders]] Esq. (Alfred Weston), [[A. H. Handley]] Esq. (Sophia Coobiddy), Private [[J. Davies]] (Mary, a servant-maid). Also performed were ''[[The Royal Quixote]]'' and John Maddison Morton's one-act farce, ''[[Don't Judge by Appearances]]''. ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])'' | 1862: Performed as ''[[The Ugly Customer]]'' by members of the [[Dramatic Club]] of the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in Keiskama Hoek on August 30, September 11 and 19. The cast consisted of [[T. J. Tucker]] Esq,. (Mr Simon Coobiddy, a retired grocer), [[R. Johnson]] Esq. (Captain Coriolanos Snapdragon), [[E. Saunders]] Esq. (Alfred Weston), [[A. H. Handley]] Esq. (Sophia Coobiddy), Private [[J. Davies]] (Mary, a servant-maid). Also performed were ''[[The Royal Quixote]]'' and John Maddison Morton's one-act farce, ''[[Don't Judge by Appearances]]''. ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])'' | ||
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| + | 1868: Performed as ''[[The Ugly Customer]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] on 8 October, with ''[[Caught by the Cuff]]'' (Hay). | ||
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Revision as of 05:46, 19 November 2018
An Ugly Customer is a farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams ()[].
Also found as The Ugly Customer.
Contents
The original text
"First performed at the Theatre Royal New Adelphi (under the Management of Mr. B. Webster), on Thursday, December 6, 1860."
Published Boston : Walter H. Baker & Co., [1860?]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as The Ugly Customer by members of the Dramatic Club of the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot in Keiskama Hoek on August 30, September 11 and 19. The cast consisted of T. J. Tucker Esq,. (Mr Simon Coobiddy, a retired grocer), R. Johnson Esq. (Captain Coriolanos Snapdragon), E. Saunders Esq. (Alfred Weston), A. H. Handley Esq. (Sophia Coobiddy), Private J. Davies (Mary, a servant-maid). Also performed were The Royal Quixote and John Maddison Morton's one-act farce, Don't Judge by Appearances. (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
1868: Performed as The Ugly Customer in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club on 8 October, with Caught by the Cuff (Hay).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1860 edition by Baker, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
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