Hercules, King of Clubs

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Hercules, King of Clubs is a farce by Fred Cooper ()[].

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Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 28 May, as an afterpiece to The School for Scandal (Sheridan).

1875: Performed by the Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 10 and 15 July, as an afterpiece to Nobody's Child (Phillips).

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.324-5

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