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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A farce entitled Mad as a Hatter, by Francis Albert Marshall (1840–1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Albert_Marshall] was produced at the Royalty Theatre, 7 Dec. 1863.
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A farce entitled ''[[Mad as a Hatter]]'', by Francis Albert Marshall (1840–1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Albert_Marshall] was produced at the Royalty Theatre, 7 Dec. 1863.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:26, 19 November 2017

As Mad as a Hatter is a play by an anonymous author.

The original text

A farce entitled Mad as a Hatter, by Francis Albert Marshall (1840–1889)[1] was produced at the Royalty Theatre, 7 Dec. 1863.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1870: Performed by "members of the Legislative Assembly", aided by the brass band of the 11th Regiment, in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, "for the purpose of aiding in the establishment of a dramatic club in Cape Town". It was accompanied by a performance of The Irish Tutor (Butler) by the same company.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 274-5,


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