The Post Boy

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The Post Boy is a play in two acts by Henry Thornton Craven (1818-1905)[1]

The original text

First performed in the Strand Theatre, London, on 31 October, 1860. Published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1861, also No 59 of De Witt's Acting Plays.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 26, 27 and 29 August, with Robinson Crusoe or The King of the Carribee Islands (possibly a burlesque version of Byron's pantomime, Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1861 edition by Lacy, Google E-book[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thornton_Craven F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.98-9, 108

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