Bluebeard - Revision history

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Darryl: /* Adaptations and translations */

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Adaptations and translations

Darryl at 15:54, 20 June 2026

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Darryl: /* Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee (presented by Disney Roebuck in 1880)= */

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Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee (presented by Disney Roebuck in 1880)=

Darryl at 11:40, 12 June 2026

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Satj at 12:49, 24 April 2018

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Satj at 12:48, 24 April 2018

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Satj at 12:43, 24 April 2018

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Satj: /* Sources */

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Sources

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as a "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]" (by Planché and Dance) as a part of a benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (Boucicault and Reade).
+: ''[[Blue Beard]]'' (by Planché and Dance) performed as a "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]"  as a part of a benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (Boucicault and Reade).
 : ''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' presented by Roebuck's [[United Service Dramatic Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, directed by [[W.H. Wallace]].

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 A fairy extravaganza in one act and in verse written by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9] and Charles Dance (1794–1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]. It was first performed in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 January, 1839. Published by T.H. Lacy as well as S.G. Fairbrother, 1839
-* ''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' (presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] in 1880)=
+* ''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' (presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] in 1880)
 This is likely to be an adaptation of  H.B. Farnie‘s burlesque, ''[[Blue Beard; or, the Mormon, the Maiden and The Little Militaire]]''. Willie Edouin (1846-1908), English comic actor appeared as ‘The Heathen Chinee’ (based on Ah Sin, a character imagined by Bret Harte for a poem, first published in 1870) in Lydia Thompson‘s production of Farnie‘s burlesque when it was first produced at Wallack’s Theatre, New York, 16 August 1871. After 30 performances the piece began a tour of the United States. Lydia Thompson’s production of ''[[Blue Beard]]'', in which Willie Edouin appeared again as ‘The Heathen Chinee,’ was first seen in London at the Charing Cross Theatre on 19 September 1874.

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 There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages, ranging from serious plays and operas to extravaganzas and pantomimes. Below we list only those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on the general stage history of the Bluebeard tale, see the listing in the entry on "Bluebeard" in Wikipedia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard] and especially Casie Hermansson's useful study called ''Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009 ).
-=''[[Blue Beard]]'' by James Robinson Planché  and Charles Dance (1839)=
+=Adaptations and translations=
-== The original text ==
+Stage adaptations of the Bluebeard story include:
 A fairy extravaganza in one act and in verse written by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9] and Charles Dance (1794–1863)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)]. It was first performed in the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 January, 1839. Published by T.H. Lacy as well as S.G. Fairbrother, 1839
-==Translations and adaptations==
+* ''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' (presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] in 1880)=
-== Performance history in South Africa ==
+This is likely to be an adaptation of  H.B. Farnie‘s burlesque, ''[[Blue Beard; or, the Mormon, the Maiden and The Little Militaire]]''. Willie Edouin (1846-1908), English comic actor appeared as ‘The Heathen Chinee’ (based on Ah Sin, a character imagined by Bret Harte for a poem, first published in 1870) in Lydia Thompson‘s production of Farnie‘s burlesque when it was first produced at Wallack’s Theatre, New York, 16 August 1871. After 30 performances the piece began a tour of the United States. Lydia Thompson’s production of ''[[Blue Beard]]'', in which Willie Edouin appeared again as ‘The Heathen Chinee,’ was first seen in London at the Charing Cross Theatre on 19 September 1874.
-: Performed as a "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]" as a part of benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (Boucicault and Reade).
+* ''[[Bluebeard]]'' by C.M. Rodney (1908)
-=''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' (presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] in 1880)=
+== Performance history in South Africa ==
-This is likely to be an adaptation of  H.B. Farnie‘s burlesque, ''[[Blue Beard; or, the Mormon, the Maiden and The Little Militaire]]''. Willie Edouin (1846-1908), English comic actor appeared as ‘The Heathen Chinee’ (based on Ah Sin, a character imagined by Bret Harte for a poem, first published in 1870) in Lydia Thompson‘s production of Farnie‘s burlesque when it was first produced at Wallack’s Theatre, New York, 16 August 1871. After 30 performances the piece began a tour of the United States. Lydia Thompson’s production of ''[[Blue Beard]]'', in which Willie Edouin appeared again as ‘The Heathen Chinee,’ was first seen in London at the Charing Cross Theatre on 19 September 1874.
+: Performed as a "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]" (by Planché and Dance) as a part of a benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (Boucicault and Reade).
-== Performance history in South Africa ==
+: ''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' presented by Roebuck's [[United Service Dramatic Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, directed by [[W.H. Wallace]].
-: Presented by Roebuck's [[United Service Dramatic Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, directed by [[W.H. Wallace]].
+: ''[[Aladdin]]'' by [[C.M. Rodney]] presented at [[His Majesty's Theatre - Palace of Varieties]] in Durban in September.
 == Sources ==

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 : Performed as a "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]" as a part of benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (Boucicault and Reade).
-=''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' (presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] in 1880)==
+=''[[Bluebeard, or The Heathen Chinee]]'' (presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] in 1880)=
 This is likely to be an adaptation of  H.B. Farnie‘s burlesque, ''[[Blue Beard; or, the Mormon, the Maiden and The Little Militaire]]''. Willie Edouin (1846-1908), English comic actor appeared as ‘The Heathen Chinee’ (based on Ah Sin, a character imagined by Bret Harte for a poem, first published in 1870) in Lydia Thompson‘s production of Farnie‘s burlesque when it was first produced at Wallack’s Theatre, New York, 16 August 1871. After 30 performances the piece began a tour of the United States. Lydia Thompson’s production of ''[[Blue Beard]]'', in which Willie Edouin appeared again as ‘The Heathen Chinee,’ was first seen in London at the Charing Cross Theatre on 19 September 1874.

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 : Performed as a "[[Burlesque]] [[Pantomime]]" as a part of benefit for Mr [[Tom Paulton]] and his wife ([[Mrs Tom Paulton]]) by an anonymous company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with ''[[Foul Play or The Scuttled Ship]]'' (Boucicault and Reade).
 == Sources ==
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 [[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	''[[Bluebeard]]'' or ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' is the tale of a violent and wealthy man who systematically murdered his wives and the one wife's attempts to avoid the same fate~~. a fairy tale originally written by Charles Perrault~~.	+	''[[Bluebeard]]'' or ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' is the tale of a violent and wealthy man who systematically murdered his wives and the one wife's attempts to avoid the same fate.

	Also found as ''[[Blue Beard]]'' in English.		Also found as ''[[Blue Beard]]'' in English.

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 The first surviving version of the story appeared as ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript in 1695 titled ''Contes de ma mère l'oye'' (''Tales of Mother Goose'') by Charles Perrault, later published  by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé'' ("histories or stories of former times").
-There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages. Below we list only those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on the general stage history of the Bluebeard tale, see Wikipedia and especially Casie Hermansson's 2009 useful study called ''Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi).
+There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages, ranging from serious plays and operas to extravaganzas and pantomimes. Below we list only those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on the general stage history of the Bluebeard tale, see the listing in the entry on "Bluebeard" in Wikipedia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard] and especially Casie Hermansson's useful study called ''Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009 ).
 =''[[Blue Beard]]'' by James Robinson Planché  and Charles Dance (1839)=
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 Casie Hermansson. 2009 Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition Univ. Press of Mississippi.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=SLsX0es5_eQC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=Bluebeard+a+fairy+extravaganza&source=bl&ots=Bzjw4OEZz6&sig=wAzk1Es1IKR7qMmdcV0APaUmWZk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjWga7j8dLaAhWKBcAKHXsACEIQ6AEIOjAH#v=onepage&q=Bluebeard%20a%20fairy%20extravaganza&f=false]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.371
 [[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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-''[[Bluebeard]]'' or ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' is a fairy tale originally written by Charles Perrault.
+''[[Bluebeard]]'' or ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' is the tale of a violent and wealthy man who systematically murdered his wives and the one wife's attempts to avoid the same fate. a fairy tale originally written by Charles Perrault.
 Also found as ''[[Blue Beard]]'' in English.
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 =''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' - The source material=
-The story ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' first appeared in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript in 1695 titled ''Contes de ma mère l'oye'' (''Tales of Mother Goose'') by Charles Perrault.
+The first surviving version of the story appeared as ''[[Barbe-bleue]]'' in a handwritten and illustrated manuscript in 1695 titled ''Contes de ma mère l'oye'' (''Tales of Mother Goose'') by Charles Perrault, later published  by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé'' ("histories or stories of former times").
-There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages. Below we list those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on this, see especially Casie Hermansson's 2009 useful study called ''Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi).
+There have been numerous stage versions of the basic story over the ages. Below we list only those stage versions that have been done in South Africa. For more on the general stage history of the Bluebeard tale, see Wikipedia and especially Casie Hermansson's 2009 useful study called ''Bluebeard: A Reader's Guide to the English Tradition'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi).
 =''[[Blue Beard]]'' by James Robinson Planché  and Charles Dance (1839)=