Past Ten O'clock, and a Rainy Night

Past Ten O'clock, and a Rainy Night is a farce in two acts by Thomas Dibdin (Thomas John Dibdin, 1771–1841)[1]

The title is written in four different ways (all incorrect) by F.C.L. Bosman (1928), possibly based on the particular Cape Town programme used as a source - these titles are Past 10 o'Clock and a Rainy Night (p.200), Past ten o'Clock, or A Rainy Night (p201), Past ten o'clock and a Rainy Night (p. 207) and Past ten o'clock and A Rainy Night (p.215).

The original text

First performed in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1815. Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815.

1826: Performed on 29 July by the English Theatricals company in the African Theatre Cape Town , with The Unspoiled Child (Bisckerstaffe) and Gallant Truths, or Sprigs of No-A-Bility (Anon).

1828: Performed by the English Theatrical Amateur Company on 8 November 1828 in the African Theatre, along with The Mayor of Garratt (Foote) and Sharp and Flat (Lawler).

1831: Performed by "All the World's a Stage" on 14 May, as afterpiece to Othello (Shakespeare).

1837: A production in Cape Town by the Private Amateur Company (now referred to as the English Amateur Company) was planned for 11 September, but for a number of reasons postponed a few times and finally performed as Past Ten O'clock and a Rainy Night on 18 September, in the Cape Town Theatre, as afterpiece to Bertram, or The Castle of St. Aldobrand‎ (Maturin).