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''[[The Whites & The Browns]]'' is a farce by an unknown author.
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Also found written as '''''[[The Whites and The Browns]]''''', '''''[[The Whites and the Browns]]''''',  '''''[[The Whites & the Browns]]''''', or '''''[[The Whites and Browns]]'''''. 
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
''[[The Whites & The Browns]]'' appears to have been a vaudeville style piece from the mid-19th century, since a
 
All that can be found of such a play (besides the references to the South African performances below) is the following mention of a farce by this name that appeared in the "Amusements" section of the ''New York Times'' of August 4, 1862 (Page 5)[https://www.nytimes.com/1862/08/04/archives/amusements.html]
 
 
 
"Gabriel Ravel, with his pantomimic and ballet troupe, in which are included the well-known names of the Marzettis, Axel and Tophoff, commence an engagement to-night at Niblo's. They do the pantomime of ''[[The Four Lovers]]''. The performances commence with the farce of ''[[The Whites and the Browns]]'', with Mr. Henry Placide, Mr. J.G. Burnett, Mr. Shewell, Miss Wells and Miss Emma Taylor in the principal characters. 'Young America', the wonderful juvenile gymnast, also appears in a Zampillarostatic Act, perilously emulative of Leotard and William Hanlon."
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1874: Performed as ''[[The Whites and Browns]]'' on 31 January in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Lady Audley's Secret]]'' (Hazlewood).
 
 
 
1875: Performed as ''[[The Whites and the Browns]]'' on 20 September in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[The Peep o' Day]]'' (Falconer).
 
 
 
1875: Performed as ''[[The Whites & the Browns]]'' on 22 September in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[The Peep O' Day or Savourneen Deelish]]'' (Falconer).
 
 
 
1876: Performed as ''[[The Whites & the Browns]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 15 April, as an afterpiece to ''[[Blow for Blow]]'' (Byron).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
"Amusements" in the ''New York Times'' of August 4, 1862 (Page 5)[https://www.nytimes.com/1862/08/04/archives/amusements.html]
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.311,327, 335, 338
 
 
 
[[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.
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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