The Old Post Boy

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The Old Post Boy is a by an unknown author.

The original text

Probably this is a version of The Post Boy a drama in two acts by H.T. Craven (1818-1905)[], first performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 31 October, 1860 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 4 August, with Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp (Byron).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.326

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