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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Facsimile version of the original published text, a [[Project Gutenberg]] EBook[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50153/50153-h/50153-h.htm]  
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Facsimile version of the original published text, [[The Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/SuterWantedYoungLady]  
  
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

Revision as of 04:13, 13 November 2019

Wanted, A Young Lady is a farce in one act by W.E. Suter ()[]

The original text

Originally performed in London and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1865.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1864: Performed as Who Stole the Pocket Book in June as part of the closing production of the St George's Theatre, Pietermaritzburg, along with Little Toddlekins (Mathews) and The Wandering Minstrel (Mayhew).

1871: Performed as Who Stole the Pocket-book?, or A Dinner for Six on 17 April, by the Garrison Players in the Theatre Royal, Main Barracks (formerly the Garrison Theatre) in Cape Town. Also performed Wanted a Young Lady (Suter) and An Englishman's House is his Castle (Morton). A benefit performance for Sargeant Biphen.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original published text, The Internet Archive[1]

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: p. 267

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