The Farce of A Fast Train! High Pressure!! Express!!!
The Farce of A Fast Train! High Pressure!! Express!!! is a farce in one act attributed to J.M. Maddox (John Medex Maddox, also known as John Medex, 1789-1861)[1]
The title appears in a variety of guises, depending on the number of exclamation marks.
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The original text
First performed at the Lyceum theatre in London, April 1853 and published in London, 1853.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1855: Performed as The Fast Train (by an anonymous author) by the Amateur Theatrical Society Port Elizabeth in the new Port Elizabeth Theatre (The Lyceum) in August, with The Rivals (Sheridan).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.509
Michael Dobson. 2011. Shakespeare and Amateur Performance: A Cultural History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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