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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed in 1849 at Madame Vestris's Lyceum Theatre, London, then played at various theatres in New York in the same year.Published by  and in New York by M. Douglas, 1850.
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First performed in 1849 at Madame Vestris's Lyceum Theatre, London, then played at various theatres in New York in the same year. Published by  and in New York by M. Douglas, 1850.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:44, 21 April 2018

Who Speaks First? is a farce in one act by Charles Dance (1794-1863).

The original text

First performed in 1849 at Madame Vestris's Lyceum Theatre, London, then played at various theatres in New York in the same year. Published by and in New York by M. Douglas, 1850.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed as Who Speaks First? in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 20 March, with Black-Eyed Susan (Jerrold).

Sources

Facsimile version of the Douglas edition of 1850, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

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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