Poor Pillicoddy

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Poor Pillicoddy is a one-act farce by J. M. Morton ()[].

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Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed by the Amateurs of the Band on 17 February in the Garrison Theatre at Keiskamma Hoek, with a cast consisting of W. Dansie (Mr Pillicoddy), W. Allan (Captain O'Skuttle), M. Rafferty (Mrs Pillicoddy), T. Smith (Mrs O'Skuttle), J. Durnsey (Sarah Blunt). Also performed were a scene from Venice Preserved (Otway) and The Omnibus or A Convenient Distance (). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)

1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 28 May by the Le Roy's Original Company , with Capitola, or The Masked Mother and The Hidden Hand (Hazlewood) . The evening was offered as a benefit for Le Roy.


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