The Indians of the Far West
The Indians of the Far West was possibly a so-called Wild West Show, by an unknown author.
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The original text
Possibly a performance based on an illustrated article called “Indians of the Far West”, published in The Illustrated London News, Vol. XXXII, No. 913 on Saturday, April 17, 1858, pp. 400-401.
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Performance history in South Africa
1862: A scene from The Indians of the Far West performed in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's Garrison Theatre by the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot on June 3, with a cast that included J. F. Gay (Waconosta, Chief of the Mohicans) and J. Davies (Mardoc). Also performed was as The Irish Tutor (Butler), followed by a scene from The Castle Spectre (Lewis). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
Transcription of the 1858 ILN article, posted on the Stone Quarries and Beyond web site by Peggy B. Perazzo (Email: pbperazzo@comcast.net) on February 2013[1]. Accessed: 7 August, 2018.
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)
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