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''[[The Captain's not A-miss]]'' is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-207731/] | ''[[The Captain's not A-miss]]'' is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-207731/] | ||
| − | Also found as '''''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]''''' | + | Also found as '''''[[Captain's not A-Miss]]''''', '''''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]''''' and so on. |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
| − | First performed in London, 1836 ; Laura Keene's Theatre New York in 1858. | + | First performed in the English Opera House, London, on 18 April, 1836 ; Laura Keene's Theatre New York in 1858. |
| − | Published in | + | Published in London by John Duncombe Vol xxi, Dicks Vol 914, and Thomas Hailes Lacy Vol xxix in 1836 and by Samuel French, [The Minor Drama, no CLIX, 1858?] in New York. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| + | Transcript of the Lacy text, Victorian[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/assets/docs/pdf/Vol29viCaptain.pdf] | ||
''The Online Books Page'', Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854] | ''The Online Books Page'', Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854] | ||
Revision as of 07:00, 7 October 2018
The Captain's not A-miss is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[1]
Also found as Captain's not A-Miss, The Captain's not a Miss and so on.
Contents
The original text
First performed in the English Opera House, London, on 18 April, 1836 ; Laura Keene's Theatre New York in 1858.
Published in London by John Duncombe Vol xxi, Dicks Vol 914, and Thomas Hailes Lacy Vol xxix in 1836 and by Samuel French, [The Minor Drama, no CLIX, 1858?] in New York.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed as The Captain's not a Miss by the Disney Roebuck company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 24 July, with The Marble Heart
Sources
Transcript of the Lacy text, Victorian[2]
The Online Books Page, Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks[3]
Facsimile version of the Samuel French text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 341, 369, 370
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