The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers

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The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers is a melodrama in two acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[1].


The original text

According to the author, the text was apparently influenced by The Light Tower, a German play by **. Fitzball's own play was first performed to great success in the Surrey Theatre, London, on 19 April, 1824. The text was printed by and for J. Lowndes in 1824.


Translations and adaptations

South African productions

1833: Performed by All the World's a Stage

Sources

http://www.worldcat.org/title/floating-beacon-or-the-norwegian-wreckers-a-melo-drama-in-two-acts/oclc/9224696

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: pp. 186-189, 371.

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