The Flying Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship

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A nautical drama, in three acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873), with music by George Rodwell. Sometimes referred to only as The Flying Dutchman.

The original text

Written 1826, opened at the Adelphi Theatre London, 8 January 1827.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

8 June 1836: Played by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, with The Irishman in London (Macready) as afterpiece.


Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball

The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre by Larry Stephen Clifton (Popular Press, 1993 )[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp.195,

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