Hercules, King of Clubs!

Hercules, King of Clubs! is a farce in one act by Fred Cooper (Frederick Fox Cooper, )[].

Also found as Hercules, King of Clubs

The original text

First performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 28 July, 1836. ,

Published in London by John Cumberland as No. 119 of Cumberland's Minor Theatre

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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