The Old Post Boy
The Old Post Boy is a by an unknown author.
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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.
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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
Facsimile version of The Post Boy, 1860, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
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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