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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1862: Performed as ''[[Sudden Thoughts, or He Would be a Gentleman]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry Company]] in the [[]], Cape Town, on 30 April, as part of a benefit evening for [[Sefton Parry]], presented under the patronage of [[Mr Duprat]] and the Officers of the Volunteers. Also performed were ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (), and voluntary presentations by members of [[Franklin's Circus]] (a "Highland Dance" by Miss [[M. Stevens]], [[Mrs Stedvens]] and her two sons in their "''[[Drawingroom Entertainment]]''").
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1862: Performed as ''[[Sudden Thoughts, or He Would Be a Gentleman]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry Company]] in the [[]], Cape Town, on 30 April, as part of a benefit evening for [[Sefton Parry]], presented under the patronage of [[Mr Duprat]] and the Officers of the Volunteers. Also performed were ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (), and voluntary presentations by members of [[Franklin's Circus]] (a "Highland Dance" by Miss [[M. Stevens]], [[Mrs Stedvens]] and her two sons in their "''[[Drawingroom Entertainment]]''").
  
 
1864: Performed by the [[Juvenile Christy's Minstrels]] in the [[Mechanic's Institute]], Cape Town, in June, directed by a "[[Master Rowlands]]".
 
1864: Performed by the [[Juvenile Christy's Minstrels]] in the [[Mechanic's Institute]], Cape Town, in June, directed by a "[[Master Rowlands]]".

Revision as of 05:10, 17 June 2021

Sudden Thoughts is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[1].

The original text

First performed in London at the London Theatre, 1837 and at the National theatre, Boston, 1847. It made its debut in New York in 1850.

Published in London by Strange, 1837; New York, Turner and Fisher, 1837; New York, Samuel French, 1858.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed as Sudden Thoughts, or He Would Be a Gentleman by the Sefton Parry Company in the [[]], Cape Town, on 30 April, as part of a benefit evening for Sefton Parry, presented under the patronage of Mr Duprat and the Officers of the Volunteers. Also performed were The Serious Family (), and voluntary presentations by members of Franklin's Circus (a "Highland Dance" by Miss M. Stevens, Mrs Stedvens and her two sons in their "Drawingroom Entertainment").

1864: Performed by the Juvenile Christy's Minstrels in the Mechanic's Institute, Cape Town, in June, directed by a "Master Rowlands".

Sources

https://www.worldcat.org/title/sudden-thoughts-an-original-farce-in-one-act/oclc/9265017

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854

The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée, Volume 12: p. 220[2]

Facsimile version of the 1858 Samuel French text, HathiTrust Digital Library[3]

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

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