The Ticket-of-Leave Man
The Ticket-of-Leave Man is a melodrama in four acts by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[1]
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The original text
Based on a French drama, Le Retour de Melun, the 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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