Poppleton's Predicaments

Poppleton's Predicaments is a one act farce by Charles Marsham Rae ()[].

The original text

Published by Samuel French in 1870 as Issue 1682 of French's acting edition

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 3 July, with a ballad by Miss Wynne and a performance of Weak Woman (Burton). (The author of Poppleton's Predicaments wrongly given as "C.M. Roe" by Bosman, 1980, p. 370).

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 July, with Our Boys ().

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 17 July, this time with Heroes (Edwardes).

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: pp.370-371

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