Aurora Floyd - Revision history

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Satj: /* Aurora Floyd, or The First and Second Marriage by Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823–1875) */

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Aurora Floyd, or The First and Second Marriage by Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823–1875)

Satj: /* Aurora Floyd by John Beer Johnstone (18–18) */

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Aurora Floyd by John Beer Johnstone (18–18)

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Sources

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 : Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] on 10 and 12 April, with ''[[Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up]]'' (Burnand). (According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] the full title of the text  used by Roebuck in 1875-1878 was  ''[[Aurora Floyd, or The Dark Duel in the Wood]]'', which he for some reason ascribes to either' B. Webster or W. Suter.)
-: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] on 1 July, with ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' ().
+: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] on 1 July, with ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' (Lemoine-Moreau  and Delacour/Taylor).
 : Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company (managed by [[C. Wilstone]]) on 9 May, with ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).

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 : Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company (managed by [[C. Wilstone]]) on 9 May, with ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).
-: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town on 2 November, with ''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' as an afterpiece.
+: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (and in this case attributed to B. Webster) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 5 November, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793|Delicate Ground]]'' (Dance and Planche) and with ''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' as an afterpiece.
 : Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 25 March.

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	1876: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company (managed by [[C. Wilstone]]) on 9 May, with ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).		1876: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company (managed by [[C. Wilstone]]) on 9 May, with ''[[The Spitalfields Weaver]]'' (Bayly).
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		+	1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company at the [[Theatre Royal]], in Cape Town on 2 November, with ''[[The Rickards Combination]]'' as an afterpiece.

	1877: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (and in this case attributed to B. Webster) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 5 November, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793\|Delicate Ground]]'' (Dance and Planche).		1877: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (and in this case attributed to B. Webster) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 5 November, with ''[[Delicate Ground, or Paris in 1793\|Delicate Ground]]'' (Dance and Planche).

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 ''Braddon's novel was immediately dramatised for the stage on its appearance by numerous playwrights, all the plays first put on in 1863. Bolton (2000: pp. 58-61)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3n1msu2y1WgC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=Charles+Smith+Cheltnam+Aurora+Floyd&source=bl&ots=AASOC1Y0CS&sig=AJ_9zW47vTscYN_iM4ULhE3GdtU&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPnPHYs9jVAhXJIsAKHQwpC7gQ6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Smith%20Cheltnam%20Aurora%20Floyd&f=false] lists many performances of the play over the years, often without the name of the adaptor. Some of the titles are provided below.''
-===''[[Aurora Floyd, or The First and Second Marriage]]'' by Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823–1875)===
+===''[[Aurora Floyd, or The First and Second Marriage]]'' by Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823–1875)[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83148851/]===
 This 3 act version is the best known of the adaptations, and is also found with two variant subtitles: '''''[[Aurora Floyd, or The Dark Deed in the Wood]]''''' or, according to some sources as '''''[[Aurora Floyd, or The Dark Duel in the Wood]]'''''.

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 This 4 act version opened at the Princess's Theatre, London on 11 March, 1863 and was later performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd, or The Mystery of a Year]]'' at the Prince's Theatre, Glasgow, 18-23 May, 1863.
-===''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' by John Beer Johnstone (18–18)===
+===''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' by John Beer Johnstone (fl. 1860s)===
 A play in 2 acts and a prologue, this version was first performed at the Marlybone Theatre in May, 1863.

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	Facsimile version of the 1863 Hazlewood text, ''Hathi Trust Digital Library''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435054026596;view=1up;seq=3]		Facsimile version of the 1863 Hazlewood text, ''Hathi Trust Digital Library''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435054026596;view=1up;seq=3]
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	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' is the name given to a number of dramatizations of the eponymous novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915)[].
+''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' can be any of a number of dramatizations of the eponymous novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Braddon].
 Usually referred to simply as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'', though a range of subtitles are also found.
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Floyd
 H. Philip Bolton. 2000. ''Women Writers Dramatized: A Calendar of Performances from Narrative Works Published in English to 1900''. London: A&C Black: pp. 58-61[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=3n1msu2y1WgC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=Charles+Smith+Cheltnam+Aurora+Floyd&source=bl&ots=AASOC1Y0CS&sig=AJ_9zW47vTscYN_iM4ULhE3GdtU&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPnPHYs9jVAhXJIsAKHQwpC7gQ6AEIJDAA#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Smith%20Cheltnam%20Aurora%20Floyd&f=false]

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−	''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' is the name given to a number of dramatizations of the eponymous novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915 )[].	+	''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' is the name given to a number of dramatizations of the eponymous novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915)[].

	Usually referred to simply as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'', though a range of subtitles are also found.		Usually referred to simply as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'', though a range of subtitles are also found.

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 : Performed once more by special request as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town by [[Le Roy's Original Company]] on 12 April, under the patronage of the "Stewards of the Races", and with Naval officer [[J.C. Howard]] once more assisting.  The programme also included the "interesting Extravaganza" ''[[The Alabama]]'' (Morton) , a rendering of the song ''The Slave Ship'' by [[Mr Spencer]] and a comic song by [[Mr Ray]].
-: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] on 10 and 12 April, with ''[[Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up]]'' (Burnand). (According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] the full title of the text  used by Roebuck was  ''[[Aurora Floyd, or The Dark Duel in the Wood]]'', and he ascribes it to ''either'' B. Webster or W. Suter.)
+: Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] on 10 and 12 April, with ''[[Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up]]'' (Burnand). (According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] the full title of the text  used by Roebuck in 1875-1878 was  ''[[Aurora Floyd, or The Dark Duel in the Wood]]'', which he for some reason ascribes to either' B. Webster or W. Suter.)
 : Performed as ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] on 1 July, with ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' ().