Margaret Catchpole, or The Female Horse-stealer
Margaret Catchpole, or The Female Horse-stealer is a play by Sterling
Also found as Margaret Catchpole, or The Female Horse-stealer of Suffolk, Margaret Catchpole, The Female Horse-stealer, or The life and Adventures of a Suffolk girl! and Margaret Catchpole, Heroine of Suffolk,or The Visissitudes of Real Life
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The original text
Performed as Margaret Catchpole, The Female Horse-stealer, or The life and Adventures of a Suffolk girl! in London at the Victoria Theatre, in 1845.
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Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as Margaret Catchpole, or The Female Horse-stealer by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 8 April, with Mrs Tellett as "Margaret" riding on a real pony, a feature which, according to the critic of the Cape Argus (10 April, 1862), "brought thunders of applause" (Bosman, 1980: p. 116). Also played was The Serious Family (Bayard and De Wailly/Barnett), and the evening was a "Farewell Benefit for Mrs Tellett, under the Patronage of Lt.-Govr. & Mrs. Wynyard". (F.C.L. Bosman, 1980: p 112, wrongly has the name of the translator of The Serious Family as "Barrett".)
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.203-205
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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