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[[Robinson Crusoe]] is a famous character from the 1719 book by Daniel Defoe (c. 1660–1731)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe].  
 
[[Robinson Crusoe]] is a famous character from the 1719 book by Daniel Defoe (c. 1660–1731)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe].  
 
  
 
== The novel ==
 
== The novel ==
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The book was first published on 25 April 1719 with the (very) full title of ''The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates'', but is generally known by the name of the hero.   
 
The book was first published on 25 April 1719 with the (very) full title of ''The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates'', but is generally known by the name of the hero.   
  
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On the book and the character, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe
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== Dramatized versions performed in South Africa ==
  
 
A number of plays and other adaptations - usually with the name by this name Robinson Crusoe and broadly based on the book - have been performed in South Africa.  
 
A number of plays and other adaptations - usually with the name by this name Robinson Crusoe and broadly based on the book - have been performed in South Africa.  
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1939-1940: Produced by [[African Consolidated Theatres]] , with [[Moira Lister]] as "Fairy Coraline".
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=Robinson Crusoe:  Christmas pantomime written by [[John Moss]]=
 
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1983/84: A version by [[John Moss]] presented by [[PACT]], directed by [[John Moss]] at the [[State Theatre]], Pretoria. Designer [[Hugh Durrant]], musical director [[Howard Morgan]], choreographer [[Rosemary Brandt]], lighting [[Tim Heale]], costume co-ordinator [[Bronwen Lovegrove]]. The cast included [[Paul Andrews]], [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Jocelyn Broderick]], [[James Borthwick]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Peter Se-Puma]], [[John Lesley]], [[David Crichton]], [[Schalk Schoombie]], [[Karin Jerg]] and others.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
  
Scrapbook held by [[NELM]]: [Collection: LISTER, Moira]: 2007. 20. 6. 1.
 
  
AFRICAN CONSOLIDATED THEATRES LTD dramatic contract dated 8 December 1939 for the Robinson Crusoe pantomime, held by [[NELM]].
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''Robinson Crusoe'' theatre programme, [[PACT]], 1983/84.
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Revision as of 06:05, 29 May 2017

Robinson Crusoe is a famous character from the 1719 book by Daniel Defoe (c. 1660–1731)[1].

The novel

The book was first published on 25 April 1719 with the (very) full title of The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates, but is generally known by the name of the hero.

On the book and the character, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe

Dramatized versions performed in South Africa

A number of plays and other adaptations - usually with the name by this name Robinson Crusoe and broadly based on the book - have been performed in South Africa.

See the entries on the following:

Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday (Sheridan)

Robinson Crusoe. A Pantomime

Robinson Crusoe on Ice

Robinson Crusoe. A Christmas Pantomime (John Moss)


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