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''[[Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy]]'' is the title given by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 360) to a play (or plays) performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Luscombe Searelle]] and his company on 24 September, 1877.  
 
''[[Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy]]'' is the title given by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 360) to a play (or plays) performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Luscombe Searelle]] and his company on 24 September, 1877.  
  
Actually, Bosman had most probably conflated the titles of to short plays, perhaps both performed on that night: Edmund Gurney's one-act play ''[[Dad's Darling]]'' and ''[[The Post-boy]]'', a play in two acts by Craven.  
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Actually, Bosman had most probably conflated the titles of to short plays, perhaps both performed on that night: Edmund Gurney's one-act play ''[[Grandad's Darling]]'' and ''[[The Post-boy]]'', a play in two acts by Craven.  
  
 
'''For other productions, see the entries on the two plays.'''
 
'''For other productions, see the entries on the two plays.'''

Revision as of 05:45, 7 March 2020

Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy is the title given by F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 360) to a play (or plays) performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Luscombe Searelle and his company on 24 September, 1877.

Actually, Bosman had most probably conflated the titles of to short plays, perhaps both performed on that night: Edmund Gurney's one-act play Grandad's Darling and The Post-boy, a play in two acts by Craven.

For other productions, see the entries on the two plays.