The Victor Vanquished

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The Victor Vanquished is a comedy in one act by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[1]

The original text

First performed at the Princess's Theatre, London, in 1854 and in the Boston Theatre, 1856.

Published as Issue 376 of Lacy's acting edition by T.H. Lacy, 1854 and Issue 66 of Spencer's Boston theatre by William V. Spencer (based on the performance text arranged for the Boston production by J.B. Wright), published 1856?.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Facsimile version of Spencer edition of the 1856 performance text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)

D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.


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