Under the Gaslight
Under the Gaslight is melodramatic play by Augustin Daly (1838–1899)[1]
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Daly's first successful play, best known for the scene where a person is tied to railroad tracks as a train approaches, only to be saved from death at the last possible moment. First performed at the Worrell Sisters' New York Theatre in New York, starting on August 12, 1867.
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Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed by the Disney Roebuck Company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 9 September with as Betsy Baker (Morton) and Little Don Giovanni (Byron).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Gaslight
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 1923. (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.
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