Cabman No 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler

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Cabman No 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler is a farce in one act by Thomas J. Williams (1824-1874)[]

Also found as Cabman No. 93, or Found in a Four Wheeler; Cabman No. 93; or, Found in a four-wheeler or simply as Found in a Four Wheeler or Found in a Four-wheeler.

The original text

Performed at the New Royalty Theatre, London on April 24, 1866 and at the Lyceum Theatre, London on December 26, 1867. Published in De Witt's Acting Plays, no. 24. in 18

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed by the former members of the Le Roy and Duret Company, managed by James Leffler, as Found in a Four-wheeler (and billed as "a new comedy from London") in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 19 November, as afterpiece to The Colleen Bawn (Boucicault).

1867: Performed as Found in a Four-wheeler by "Le Roy's Original Company", in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 3 January, as afterpiece to The Green Bushes (Buckstone).

1870: Performed as Found in a Four-wheeler by the Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company, in the Institute Assembly Hall, Cape Town, on 24 and 28 May, as afterpiece to Time Tries All ().

Sources

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011609146

Facsimile version of the De Witt edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library [1]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32082868-cabman-no-93-or-found-in-a-four-wheeler

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

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