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| + | 1868: Performed as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' in Cape Town by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (amateur players from the [[99th Regiment]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, on 17 June, with ''[[Mrs Greenes Snug Little Business]]'' (), and "Sailor's Hornpipe" by [[Lieutenant Moir]] and a song ("The Bellringer") by [[C. Hayes]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:12, 24 January 2019
A Ticket-of-Leave is a farce in one act by Watts Phillips (1825–1874)[1],
Not to be confused with The Ticket-of-Leave Man, the melodrama by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[2].
Also found as A Ticket of Leave.
Contents
The original text
The play opened at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, under the management of Benjamin Webster, on 1st December, 1862.
Published as A Ticket-of-Leave in Clyde, Ohio by Ames & Holgate, [1862?]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed as A Ticket of Leave in Cape Town by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 17 June, with Mrs Greenes Snug Little Business (), and "Sailor's Hornpipe" by Lieutenant Moir and a song ("The Bellringer") by C. Hayes.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Ames and Holgate publication of the text, HathiTrust Digital Library[3]
E. Godfrey. 2010. Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature: Duelling with Danger Springer, p. 163[4]
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Phillips,_Watts_(DNB00)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Phillips
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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