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''[[Temptation, or The Fatal Brand]]'' is a drama in two act by W. Thompson Townsend ()[].
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''[[Temptation, or The Fatal Brand]]'' is a drama in two act by W. Thompson Townsend (1806?-1870)[].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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Though no trace of a performance  in London,  nor any reference to a published text, have so far been found, the play is listed by [[The Victorian Plays Project]] in a catalogue of plays produced in 1861.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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[[The Victorian Plays Project]], Electronic Catalogue - Volume 52[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=122]
 
[[The Victorian Plays Project]], Electronic Catalogue - Volume 52[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=122]
  
[[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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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 268-9
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 07:17, 3 February 2019

Temptation, or The Fatal Brand is a drama in two act by W. Thompson Townsend (1806?-1870)[].

The original text

Though no trace of a performance in London, nor any reference to a published text, have so far been found, the play is listed by The Victorian Plays Project in a catalogue of plays produced in 1861.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1864: Performed by the Juvenile Christy's Minstrels in the Mechanic's Institute, Cape Town, in July, with lead played by Master Williams and Miss Lytton.

Sources

The Victorian Plays Project, Electronic Catalogue - Volume 52[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 268-9

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