A Shilling Day at the Great Exhibition
A Shilling Day at the Great Exhibition is a farce in one act by William Brough (1826-1870)[1] and Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[2]
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The original text
Performed at the New Royal Adelphi Theatre on 9 June 1862, published in London by T.H. Lacy.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed as A Shilling Day at the Exhibition (referred to by F.C.L. Bosman as A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition) by the Young Men's Dramatic Company in Mr Ferguson's Saloon, in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with Ben Bolt (Johnstone).
Sources
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5536019
The Victorian Plays Project[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brough_(writer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Halliday_(journalist
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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