Sudden Thoughts

Sudden Thoughts is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[1].

The original text

First performed in London at the London Theatre, 1837 and at the National theatre, Boston, 1847. It made its debut in New York in 1850.

Published in London by Strange, 1837; New York, Turner and Fisher, 1837; New York, Samuel French, 1858.

1862: Performed as Sudden Thoughts, or He Would Be a Gentleman by the Sefton Parry Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 30 April, as part of a benefit evening for Sefton Parry, presented under the patronage of Mr Duprat and the Officers of the Volunteers. Also performed were The Serious Family (Bayard and de Wailly/Barnett), and voluntary presentations by members of Franklin's Circus (a "Highland Dance" by Miss M. Stevens, Mrs Stevens and her two sons in their "Drawingroom Entertainment").

1864: Performed by the Juvenile Christy's Minstrels in the Mechanic's Institute, Cape Town, in June, directed by a "Master Rowlands".