The Fire Eater
The Fire Eater is a farce by Selby
Contents
The original text
First performed at
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed by Juvenile Amateurs in Cape Town on 23 June, 1859, along with The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-Bow Letter (Wilks) and William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale (Ascribed to L. Buckingham by Bosman, 1980:p. 165)
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 165, 270
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1859: Performed by Juvenile Amateurs in Cape Town on 23 June, along with William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale (ascribed to L. Buckingham by Bosman, 1980:p. 165) and The Fire Eater (Selby).
Sources
Leeds Play Bills, [1]
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press: pp.99, 623, 662[2]
The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 7[3]
Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks, The Online Books Page [4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 165,
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