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''[[A Pair of Pigeons]]'' is a dramatic sketch by Stirling ()[].
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==The original text==
 
==The original text==

Revision as of 05:54, 26 April 2020

A Pair of Pigeons is a dramatic sketch by Stirling ()[].

Also found as Two Pigeons.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed as Two Pigeons in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on27 February by a company brought together by Charles Fraser and starring Annie Rowlands and Mr Raymond. Also played were John Jones (Buckstone) and Caught by the Ears (Selby).

1860: Performed as A Pair of Pigeons in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 5 March by Charles Fraser and his company, along with The Child of the Regiment (Morton) and The Initials ().

Sources

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.127

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