|
|
| (28 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | ''[[The Lottery Ticket and Lawyer's Clerk]]'' is a farce in one act by Samuel Beazley (1786–1851)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beazley], with attribution to Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828). and/or Jean Baptiste Radet (1752-1830).
| + | #REDIRECT[[The Lottery Ticket and The Lawyer's Clerk]] |
| − | | |
| − | The shortened title, ''[[The Lottery Ticket]]'', is often found.
| |
| − |
| |
| − | == The original text ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | It was based on a French work by Louis-Benoit Picard and/or Jean Baptiste Radet and first Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in December 1826. First published as ''[[The Lottery Ticket and Lawyer's Clerk]]'', with no author mentioned, by C. Chapple in 1827. Louis-Benoît Picard and/or Radet are most often listed as additional authors.
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
| |
| − | | |
| − | There is also a later one act farce, entitled ''[[The Lottery Ticket, or The Lawyers's Clerk]]'' , credited to J.B. Buckstone, and published by Samuel French (No CXXXVII in the series The Minor Drama). Possibly a new version of Beazley's original.
| |
| − | | |
| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | 1846: First performed as ''[[The Lottery Ticket, or the Lawyer's Clerk]]'' in Cape Town by the [[All the World's a Stage]] on Friday, 4 September, with ''[[The Brigand]]'' (Planché) and ''[[The Original]]'' (Morton).
| |
| − | | |
| − | 1855: Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]] as part of his farewell performance, alongside ''[[A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock]]'' (Brough) and ''[[Buried Alive, or The Visit to Japan]]'' (M'Pherson).
| |
| − | | |
| − | == Sources ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beazley
| |
| − | | |
| − | https://archive.org/stream/lotteryticketan00picagoog#page/n4/mode/2up
| |
| − | | |
| − | Library of Congress Internet Archive[http://archive.org/details/lotteryticketlaw00beaz]
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 415, 433
| |
| − | | |
| − | http://www.calibanbooks.com/pages/books/C000026164/j-b-buckstone/the-lottery-ticket-or-the-lawyers-clerk-a-farce-in-one-act-the-minor-drama-no-cxxxvii#sthash.L3CpamDD.dpuf
| |
| − | | |
| − | | |
| − | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | == Return to ==
| |
| − | | |
| − | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | Return to [[Main Page]]
| |
