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1859: Performed by [[Juvenile Amateurs]] in Cape Town on 23 June, along with ''[[William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale]]'' (ascribed to L. Buckingham by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980:p. 165) and ''[[The Fire Eater]]'' (Selby).
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==Sources==
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Leeds Play Bills, [http://www.leodis.net/playbills/item.asp?ri=200393_78753299#]
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Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press: pp.99, 623, 662[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA623&lpg=PA623&dq=The+Miller+of+Whetstone,+or+The+Cross-bow+Letter&source=bl&ots=d79vqxTjsb&sig=GKt-OZh8h8N8C-G6Ovz3YMWrSww&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDgrHQgKbfAhVOThUIHX5bBgoQ6AEwBnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Miller%20of%20Whetstone%2C%20or%20The%20Cross-bow%20Letter&f=false]
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''[[The Victorian Plays Project]]'', Volume 7[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=72]
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Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks, [[The Online Books Page]] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 165,
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Revision as of 05:57, 17 December 2019

The Fire Eater is a farce by Selby

The original text

First performed at

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed by Juvenile Amateurs in Cape Town on 23 June, 1859, along with The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-Bow Letter (Wilks) and William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale (Ascribed to L. Buckingham by Bosman, 1980:p. 165)

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 165, 270

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1859: Performed by Juvenile Amateurs in Cape Town on 23 June, along with William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale (ascribed to L. Buckingham by Bosman, 1980:p. 165) and The Fire Eater (Selby).


Sources

Leeds Play Bills, [1]

Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press: pp.99, 623, 662[2]

The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 7[3]

Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks, The Online Books Page [4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 165,


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