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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed at the Victoria Theatre, on 23 September, 1865 and published by  L.C. Lacy.
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First performed at the Victoria Theatre, on 23 September, 1865 and published by  [[T.H. Lacy]].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Latest revision as of 06:41, 25 January 2019

Caught by the Cuff is a play Frederick Hay (fl. 1860 to 1894)[1]


The original text

First performed at the Victoria Theatre, on 23 September, 1865 and published by T.H. Lacy.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1868: Performed by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club (amateur players from the 99th Regiment) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 8 October, with An Ugly Customer (Williams).

1869: Performed by the Amateur Coloured Troupe in Cape Town (possibly as a Christy's style Minstrel piece). (See also Amateur Coloured Troupe)

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900, Volume 5: Late Nineteenth Century Drama 1850-1900. Cambridge University Press, p. 411.[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 262, 278-9

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