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''[[The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-bow Letter]]'' is a an original comic burletta in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks ()[]
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''[[The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-bow Letter]]'' is a an original comic burletta in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[]
  
Also found as ''[[The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross Bow Letter]]''
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Also found as ''[[The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross Bow Letter]]'', ''[[The Miller of Whetstone (or, The Cross Bow Letter)]]'' and ''[[The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-Bow Letter]]''  
  
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==The original text==
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Performed in the Princess Theatre , Leeds, 14 November and repeated 7 December, 1853, as an afterpiece to ''[[Hamlet]]''. (Billed as: ''[[The Miller of Whetstone (or, The Cross Bow Letter)]]''
  
 
Performed in the New Strand Theatre, London, on 1 August 1857
 
Performed in the New Strand Theatre, London, on 1 August 1857
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==Translations and adaptations==
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==Performances in South Africa==
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1859: Performed as ''[[The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter]]'' by [[Juvenile Amateurs]] in Cape Town on 23 June, along with ''[[William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale]]'' (Rossini/Buckingham) and ''[[The Fire Eater]]'' (Selby).
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1861: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Juvenile Amateurs]], assisted by [[Annie Rowlands]], with ''[[The Queer Subject]]'' (Coyne)  and ''[[Chesterfield Thinskin]]'' (Maddox)
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==Sources==
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Leeds Play Bills, [http://www.leodis.net/playbills/item.asp?ri=200393_78753299#]
  
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press: pp.99, 623, 662[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA623&lpg=PA623&dq=The+Miller+of+Whetstone,+or+The+Cross-bow+Letter&source=bl&ots=d79vqxTjsb&sig=GKt-OZh8h8N8C-G6Ovz3YMWrSww&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDgrHQgKbfAhVOThUIHX5bBgoQ6AEwBnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Miller%20of%20Whetstone%2C%20or%20The%20Cross-bow%20Letter&f=false]
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press: pp.99, 623, 662[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA623&lpg=PA623&dq=The+Miller+of+Whetstone,+or+The+Cross-bow+Letter&source=bl&ots=d79vqxTjsb&sig=GKt-OZh8h8N8C-G6Ovz3YMWrSww&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiDgrHQgKbfAhVOThUIHX5bBgoQ6AEwBnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Miller%20of%20Whetstone%2C%20or%20The%20Cross-bow%20Letter&f=false]
  
''[[Victorian Plays Project]]'', Volume 7[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=72]
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''[[The Victorian Plays Project]]'', Volume 7[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=72]
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Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks, [[The Online Books Page]] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Wilks%2C%20Thomas%20Egerton%2C%201812-1854]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 165-6,
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 10:41, 16 September 2020

The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-bow Letter is a an original comic burletta in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[]

Also found as The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross Bow Letter, The Miller of Whetstone (or, The Cross Bow Letter) and The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-Bow Letter

The original text

Performed in the Princess Theatre , Leeds, 14 November and repeated 7 December, 1853, as an afterpiece to Hamlet. (Billed as: The Miller of Whetstone (or, The Cross Bow Letter)

Performed in the New Strand Theatre, London, on 1 August 1857

Translations and adaptations

Performances in South Africa

1859: Performed as The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter by Juvenile Amateurs in Cape Town on 23 June, along with William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale (Rossini/Buckingham) and The Fire Eater (Selby).

1861: Performed in Cape Town by the Juvenile Amateurs, assisted by Annie Rowlands, with The Queer Subject (Coyne) and Chesterfield Thinskin (Maddox)

Sources

Leeds Play Bills, [1]

Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2. Cambridge University Press: pp.99, 623, 662[2]

The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 7[3]

Online Books by Thomas Egerton Wilks, The Online Books Page [4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 165-6,


Go to ESAT Bibliography

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