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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1868: Performed as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' in Cape Town by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (amateur players from the [[99th Regiment]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, on 17 June, with ''[[Mrs Green's Snug Little Business]]'' (Cheltnam), and "Sailor's Hornpipe" by [[Lieutenant Moir]] and a song ("The Bellringer") by [[C. Hayes]].
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1866: Performed in English  as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with piece rather tentatively listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman]]  as ''[[Faint Heart (Which) Did Win (a) Fair Lady]]'' (and ascribed to J.P. Wooler),  ''[[Pizarro]]''(Kotzebue/Sheridan) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for [[Madame Duret]]
  
1866: Performed in English  as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with piece rather tentatively listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman]]  as ''[[Faint Heart (Which) Did Win (a) Fair Lady]]'' (and ascribed to J.P. Wooler),  ''[[Pizarro]]''(Kotzebue/Sheridan) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for [[Madame Duret]]
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1866: Performed in English  as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 20 October, with ''[[Look Before You Leap]]'' (Lovell) and ''[[The Two Galley Slaves]]'' (Ducange/Payne).
  
1866: Performed in English  as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 20 October, with ''[[Look Before You Leap]]''() and ''[[The Two Galley Slaves]]'' ().
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1868: Performed as ''[[A Ticket of Leave]]'' in Cape Town by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] (amateur players from the [[99th Regiment]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, on 17 June, with ''[[Mrs Green's Snug Little Business]]'' (Cheltnam), and "Sailor's Hornpipe" by [[Lieutenant Moir]] and a song ("The Bellringer") by [[C. Hayes]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Phillips
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Phillips
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 213, 262
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 05:14, 29 June 2021

A Ticket-of-Leave is a farce in one act by Watts Phillips (1825–1874)[1],

Not to be confused with The Ticket-of-Leave Man, the melodrama by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[2].

Also found as A Ticket of Leave.

The original text

The play opened at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, under the management of Benjamin Webster, on 1st December, 1862.

Published as A Ticket-of-Leave in Clyde, Ohio by Ames & Holgate, [1862?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed in English as A Ticket of Leave by the Le Roy and Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, on 15 October, with piece rather tentatively listed by F.C.L. Bosman as Faint Heart (Which) Did Win (a) Fair Lady (and ascribed to J.P. Wooler), Pizarro(Kotzebue/Sheridan) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by Mrs Brazier and Mrs Luin. The evening was a "Farewell Complimentary Testimonial" for Madame Duret

1866: Performed in English as A Ticket of Leave by the Le Roy and Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, on 20 October, with Look Before You Leap (Lovell) and The Two Galley Slaves (Ducange/Payne).

1868: Performed as A Ticket of Leave in Cape Town by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 17 June, with Mrs Green's Snug Little Business (Cheltnam), and "Sailor's Hornpipe" by Lieutenant Moir and a song ("The Bellringer") by C. Hayes.

Sources

Facsimile version of the Ames and Holgate publication of the text, HathiTrust Digital Library[3]

E. Godfrey. 2010. Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature: Duelling with Danger Springer, p. 163[4]

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Phillips,_Watts_(DNB00)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Phillips

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 213, 262

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