The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship
A nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873), with music by George Rodwell. Sometimes referred to only as The Flying Dutchman.
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The original text
Written 1826, opened at the Adelphi Theatre London, 8 January 1827.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
8 June 1836: Played by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, with The Irishman in London (Macready) as afterpiece.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball
The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre by Larry Stephen Clifton (Popular Press, 1993 )[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.195,
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