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Revision as of 17:58, 20 October 2017
The Ticket-of-Leave Man is a melodrama in four acts by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1]
Contents
The original text
It is adapted from the story, Le Retour de Melun by Brisbarre and Nus, published in Les Drames de la Vie and later dramatized by the authors as Léonard.
The English play was first produced at the Olympic Theatre, London, 27 March 1863.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1874: Performed in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town, on 7 March by Disney Roebuck and his company, with The Area Belle (Brough and Halliday).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ticket-of-Leave_Man_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 312
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