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''[[The Loan of a Lover]]'' is a vaudeville in one act by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)
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''[[The Loan of a Lover]]'' is a vaudeville in one act by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9]
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1858: First performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 16 March, as an afterpiece to ''[[Money, or Rich and Poor]]'' (Bulwer-Lytton) and "the celebrated romance of ''Jock Rugg'' with the celebrated Burlesque of Statues", sung by [[J.E.H. English]].
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1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 8 July, as an afterpiece to ''[[Rob Roy Macgregor, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' (Pocock).
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1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 18 July, as afterpiece to ''[[Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin and the Little Girl who Lost her Sheep]]''
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1867: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 4 November, as an afterpiece to ''[[The Woman in White]]'' (Collins) and the "Grand Scarf", a dance by [[Miss Clara]].
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1867: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 9 December, as an afterpiece to ''[[The Snake in the Grass]]'' (Taylor) and a "new" dance by [[Miss Clara]].
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1868: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] company in the [[Commercial Exchange]], Cape Town, on 3 Fabruary, with ''[[The Waterman]]'' (Dibdin) and songs by [[D'Arcy Read]] and [[Mr Toogood]]. The evening a benefit for [[Elsie Sidney]] and [[D'Arcy Read]].
  
 
1874: Performed on 23 and 26 January in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Lady Audley's Secret]]'' (Hazlewood).
 
1874: Performed on 23 and 26 January in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Lady Audley's Secret]]'' (Hazlewood).
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1874: Performed on 28 January in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (Bayard & Wailly/Barnett).
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1874: Performed on 29 January in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Lady Audley's Secret]]'' (Hazlewood).
  
 
1874: Performed in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, on 21 February by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[Caste]]'' (Robertson).
 
1874: Performed in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, on 21 February by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[Caste]]'' (Robertson).
  
 
1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 24 March, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood).
 
1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 24 March, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood).
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1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 17 September , with ''[[Arrah-na-Pogue, or The Wicklow Wedding]]'' (Boucicault).
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1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 24 September as part of a "Grand Military Night" with the orchestra of the [[88th Regiment]] of the [[Connaught Rangers]], with ''[[Grandfather's Darling]]'' (Gurney), ''[[The Post-boy]]'' (Craven) and two ballads, i.a. by [[Miss Wynne]]. (Actually, according to Bosman, 1980: p. 360, the supporting programme consisted of a single play, billed as ''[[Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy]]'', but Bosman most probably conflated the two short plays in this case - elsewhere he has them as separate works).
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1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 October, with ''[[The Marble Heart]]'' (Lambert-Thiboust and Barrière/Selby) - the latter play featuring [[Sutton Vane]].
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1878: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 9 May, with ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' (Defoe/Byron).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
  
 
Facsimile version of the 1847 edition by Taylor and Co., The Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/loanoflovervaude00pla/page/n3]
 
Facsimile version of the 1847 edition by Taylor and Co., The Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/loanoflovervaude00pla/page/n3]
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[[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.)
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.69, 98, 230-6, 311-3, 322m 327, 330, 360-1, 368
  
  

Latest revision as of 05:56, 25 September 2020

The Loan of a Lover is a vaudeville in one act by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)[1]

The original text

Originally performed at the Olympic Theatre, London in and then at the Park Theatre, New York. Published in 1847 by W. Taylor & co., New York, as No IV in The Minor Drama series.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1858: First performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Cape Town Theatre, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 16 March, as an afterpiece to Money, or Rich and Poor (Bulwer-Lytton) and "the celebrated romance of Jock Rugg with the celebrated Burlesque of Statues", sung by J.E.H. English.

1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 8 July, as an afterpiece to Rob Roy Macgregor, or Auld Lang Syne (Pocock).

1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 18 July, as afterpiece to Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin and the Little Girl who Lost her Sheep

1867: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 4 November, as an afterpiece to The Woman in White (Collins) and the "Grand Scarf", a dance by Miss Clara.

1867: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 9 December, as an afterpiece to The Snake in the Grass (Taylor) and a "new" dance by Miss Clara.

1868: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret company in the Commercial Exchange, Cape Town, on 3 Fabruary, with The Waterman (Dibdin) and songs by D'Arcy Read and Mr Toogood. The evening a benefit for Elsie Sidney and D'Arcy Read.

1874: Performed on 23 and 26 January in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company, with Lady Audley's Secret (Hazlewood).

1874: Performed on 28 January in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company, with The Serious Family (Bayard & Wailly/Barnett).

1874: Performed on 29 January in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company, with Lady Audley's Secret (Hazlewood).

1874: Performed in the Oddfellows Hall, Cape Town, on 21 February by Disney Roebuck and his company, with Caste (Robertson).

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 24 March, with East Lynne (Wood).

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 17 September , with Arrah-na-Pogue, or The Wicklow Wedding (Boucicault).

1877: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 24 September as part of a "Grand Military Night" with the orchestra of the 88th Regiment of the Connaught Rangers, with Grandfather's Darling (Gurney), The Post-boy (Craven) and two ballads, i.a. by Miss Wynne. (Actually, according to Bosman, 1980: p. 360, the supporting programme consisted of a single play, billed as Grandfather's Darling, or The Post-boy, but Bosman most probably conflated the two short plays in this case - elsewhere he has them as separate works).

1877: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 October, with The Marble Heart (Lambert-Thiboust and Barrière/Selby) - the latter play featuring Sutton Vane.

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 9 May, with Robinson Crusoe (Defoe/Byron).

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9

Facsimile version of the 1847 edition by Taylor and Co., The Internet Archive[2]

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: pp.69, 98, 230-6, 311-3, 322m 327, 330, 360-1, 368


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