The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril

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The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril is a play in 3 acts by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[1]

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London on 24 July 1854, and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1854.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed as The Old Chateau, or A Night of Peril by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 26 June, with Hunting a Turtle (Selby).

1862: Performed by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 7 July, with as Take Care of Dowb (Morton).

Sources

http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=81

https://theatricalia.com/play/1sh/old-chateau-the-or-a-night-of-peril/production/4m6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.131, 135

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