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''[[Run Wild]]'' is a play by E. Coffin (fl. 1880s).

==The original text==

Described as a "domestic comedy" it was first performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 30 June, 1888

==Translations and adaptations==

Revised and performed in New York as '''''[[Uncle Joe, or Fritz in a Madhouse]]''''' at the Fourteenth Street Theatre on 22 April, 1890.
and as ''[[Uncle Joe: or "Fritz in a Mad House"]]'' at the Olympic Theatre, St. Louis in the same year[https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/292387]. 

Could it have been the source for the silent film ''Running Wild''?[https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/runningwild/]

== Performance history in South Africa ==


1894: Performed as ''[[Run Wild]]'' by the [[Arturo Bonamici]] and his company in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, toward the end of the year. featuring [[Jenny Lee]] and [[George Leopold]] (as "Mr Parker").

== Sources ==


[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.400

Allardyce Nicoll. 1959. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press. p. 440 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nEilDfLnCSQC&pg=PA440&lpg=PA440&dq=E.+Coffin+Run+Wild+1888.&source=bl&ots=Bh-tM-ms04&sig=ACfU3U2gkDNBc2Z3mS8eKgtghi-1iL_MDg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwioo_vDtoTwAhWKiVwKHeuMBsUQ6AEwA3oECBAQAw#v=onepage&q=E.%20Coffin%20Run%20Wild%201888.&f=false]

''The New York clipper annual''. 1890. Columbia University Libraries Digital Collections.[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5655288_002/pages/ldpd_5655288_002_00000007.html]

https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/292387

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