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The Dead Shot is a one act farce by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–1879)[1]

Originally published as The Dead Shot!. Also found advertised as A Dead Shot .

First performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, 1827. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1825?. Volume 505 of Lacy's acting editions.

1860: Performed as on Monday, the 20th September on July 30 and August 1, by the Band of Amateurs of the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of W. Dansie (Mr Hector Timid), W. Allen (Mr Wiseman), J. M. M'Kechnie (Captain Cannon), J. F. Gay (Frederick Thornton), T. Paterson (Williams, his friend), J. Mann (First Police Officer), T. Manion (Second police Officer), J. Davies (Louisa Lovetrick), J. Durney (Chatter, her maid). Also performed was Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover (Courtney). (See the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot for contemporaneous commentary on the performance.)

1862: Performed as A Dead Shot by Sefton Parry and his company, on 2 May in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, a benefit for John Howard. Also performed was The Hunchback ().

1862: Performed as A Dead Shot by Sefton Parry and his company, on 2 May in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 112, 226, 298

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 1. January 1, 1860.

Facsimile version of the Lacy text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

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