The Death Token
The Death Token is a light comedy by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[].
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The original text
A mystery play based on an old superstition about the death token (a knocking at the door) that signals a death in the family. Performed in the Surrey Theatre, by the compbined com[panies of the Adelphi and Surrey theatres on 15 May, 1837. Published by Duncombe as No xxvi in his series.
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Performance history in South Africa
1863: Performed by the Garrison Players in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 20 January.
Sources
The Lady's Magazine & Museum of the Belles-lettres, Music, Fine Arts, Drama, Fashions, Etc (Volume 10, Issue of June 1837: p.432), Google E-book[1]
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.410[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.255
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