Scarlet Dick and the Road and its Riders

Scarlet Dick and the Road and its Riders is a play in three acts by J.B. Howe ()[].

The original text

Scarlet Dick! : the King's highwayman!, or, The road and its riders!, written by J.B. Howe.

According to Bosman (1980, citing Laidler), this was a new and original "blood and thunder" style play, possibly written for the Disney Roebuck company, and first (?) performed in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town, in 1876.

Performed as Scarlet Dick! : the King's highwayman!, or, The road and its riders!, as part of a mixed bill at the Brittannia Theatre, 1887.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed as Scarlet Dick and the Road and its Riders as part of a season by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone, fe3aturing the author and George Yates in the cast.

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.203-205

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