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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1862: A scene from the play was performed as ''[[Alarcos]]''  in the  Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] on June 21, with a cast that included [[J. F. Gay]] (Sir Charles Lavender), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Alderman Marrowfat), [[F. Girton]] (Mr Bilberry), [[W. Dansie]] (Paddy Ryan, The Irish Tiger), [[F. Doherty]] (John), [[B. Buckley]] (Miss Julia Marrowfat), [[J. Davies]] (Nancy). Also performed was ''[[The Irish Tiger]]'' (Morton), followed  by ''[[Locked in with A Lady]]'' (Addison). ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''
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''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''
 
  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the first edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t5n88r59j;view=1up;seq=3]
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''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Revision as of 06:56, 8 August 2018

Count Alarcos is a tragedy in five acts by Benjamin Disraeli ()[].

The author is sometimes also referred to by his title, the Earl of Beaconsfield.

The original text

Completed in May, 1839, published in London in 1840.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: A scene from the play was performed as Alarcos in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's Garrison Theatre by the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot on June 21, with a cast that included J. F. Gay (Sir Charles Lavender), J. M'Kechnie (Alderman Marrowfat), F. Girton (Mr Bilberry), W. Dansie (Paddy Ryan, The Irish Tiger), F. Doherty (John), B. Buckley (Miss Julia Marrowfat), J. Davies (Nancy). Also performed was The Irish Tiger (Morton), followed by Locked in with A Lady (Addison). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)



Sources

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

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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