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| − | According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980), citing the theatrical reminiscences of [[William Groom]] (1899-1900), a play with the strange name of ''[[Captain Charlotte, or Hearts and Trumps]]'' was performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in Cape Town in 1866. Bosman suggests that the author may have been Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[https://www.google.co.za/search?source=hp&ei=twqrW5TzMMXmsAf2p5zYAw&q=edward+stirling+playwright&oq=Edward+Stirling&gs_l=psy-ab.1.5.0j0i22i30k1l9.978.978.0.6498.1.1.0.0.0.0.330.330.3-1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.329....0.5Pew9DneKGk].
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| − | However, no such work (by Stirling or an other author) has been traced to date, and it seems far more likely that the title actually refers to a performance of ''[[Hearts are Trumps]]'', a well-known farce by Mark Lemon (1809–1870)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lemon,_Mark_(DNB00)] that opened at The Strand Theatre in London on 30 July, 1849. Published by Dicks (No 1058).
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| − | Also found as ''[[Hearts are Trumps, or A Father's Love]]''.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1866: ''[[Captain Charlotte, or Hearts and Trumps]]'' performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 29th March, with ''[[The Momentous Question, or Woman's Devotion]]'' (Fitzball).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lemon,_Mark_(DNB00)
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| − | Allardyce Nicoll. 1930. ''A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850'' Cambridge University Press (CUP Archive): Vol II, p.335 (Google E-book)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA335&lpg=PA335&dq=Hearts+are+Trumps+(1849)&source=bl&ots=kdkRPpEc9y&sig=ACfU3U3KtHVpPZVm7vtKEH9AnBiwnE3sRA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNuevh-v7jAhVHyqQKHV0tAQ0Q6AEwDXoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Hearts%20are%20Trumps%20(1849)&f=false]
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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.203-205
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| − | [[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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