Electra in a New Electric Light

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Electra in a New Electric Light is an extravaganza in one act by Francis Talfourd (1828-1862)[].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, on April 25, 1859. Published in London by T.H. Lacy, [1859?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1859: Performed by the Cape Town Dramatic Club in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 31 August, with Victims (Taylor), with a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment.

1859: Performed by the Cape Town Dramatic Club in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 7 September (repeated "by special request"), with Nothing Venture, Nothing Win (Taylor), with a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment.

Sources

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012434805


F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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