Ghost Illusions - Revision history

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D'Arcy Read's Ghost Illusions

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Ray and Cooper's Ghost

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D'Arcy Read's Ghost Illusions

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 In stage performances of this kind the usual process is that the audience faces a stage or room with various objects in it, and then - on command - various ghostly objects or individuals appear to fade in or out of existence in the room, or objects in the room transform into different objects.
-The technique, like the [[Magic lantern]],  has been widely used in the theatre (as well as in amusement parks, museums, television, concerts and so on) since  that time.
+The technique, like the [[magic lantern]],  has been widely used in the theatre (as well as in amusement parks, museums, television, concerts and so on) since  that time.
 =Specific theatrical presentations by this name produced in South Africa=

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 In stage performances of this kind the usual process is that the audience faces a stage or room with various objects in it, and then - on command - various ghostly objects or individuals appear to fade in or out of existence in the room, or objects in the room transform into different objects.
-The technique, like the [[Magic Lantern]],  has been widely used in the theatre (as well as in amusement parks, museums, television, concerts and so on) since  that time.
+The technique, like the [[Magic lantern]],  has been widely used in the theatre (as well as in amusement parks, museums, television, concerts and so on) since  that time.
 =Specific theatrical presentations by this name produced in South Africa=

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 In stage performances of this kind the usual process is that the audience faces a stage or room with various objects in it, and then - on command - various ghostly objects or individuals appear to fade in or out of existence in the room, or objects in the room transform into different objects.
-The technique, like the [[magic lantern]],  has been widely used in the theatre (as well as in amusement parks, museums, television, concerts and so on) since  that time.
+The technique, like the [[Magic Lantern]],  has been widely used in the theatre (as well as in amusement parks, museums, television, concerts and so on) since  that time.
 =Specific theatrical presentations by this name produced in South Africa=

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 : Repeated (as ''[[Ghost]]'') in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] on 13 and 14 November, now with ''[[The Harvest Storm]]'' (Hazlewood), selections from ''[[Faust and Marguerite]]'' (Carré) and ''[[Which shall I Marry?]]'' (Suter).
-==D'Arcy Read's '''''[[Ghost Illusions]]'''''==
+==[[D'Arcy Read]]'s '''''[[Ghost Illusions]]'''''==
 -2: Performed  (exhibited) on tour in the Cape Colony, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town by [[D'Arcy Read]] and the [[D'Arcy Read Theatrical Company]]. The first performance took place as part of a ''[[Grand Fête Champetre]]'', held in the [[Company Gardens]], Cape Town, on 27 November 1871 and apparently playing on and off till 17 February, 1872.

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-== Ray and Cooper's '''''[[Ghost]]'''''==
+== [[Ray and Cooper]]'s '''''[[Ghost]]'''''==
-: Performed (exhibited) as "Prof. Pepper's '''''[[Ghost]]''''', as exhibited at the Polytechnic, London" in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] on 6 November, apparently "illustrating the drama of '''''[[Faust]]''''' ". Also performed were ''[[The Harvest Storm]]'' (Hazlewood) and the ''[[Bal Masqué]]'' ([[Minstrel]] show)
+: Presented as "Prof. Pepper's '''''[[Ghost]]''''', as exhibited at the Polytechnic, London" in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] on 6 November, apparently "illustrating the drama of '''''[[Faust]]''''' ". Also performed were ''[[The Harvest Storm]]'' (Hazlewood) and the ''[[Bal Masqué]]'' ([[Minstrel]] show)
 : Repeated (as ''[[Ghost]]'') in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] on 13 and 14 November, now with ''[[The Harvest Storm]]'' (Hazlewood), selections from ''[[Faust and Marguerite]]'' (Carré) and ''[[Which shall I Marry?]]'' (Suter).

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 [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1980. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 201-2, 230-254, 292-299, 319.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 192-3, 201-2, 230-254, 292-299, 319.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Ray and Cooper's '''''[[Ghost]]'''''==
-: Performed (exhibited) as "Prof. Pepper's '''''[[Ghost]]''''', as exhibited at the Polytechnic, London" in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] on 6 November, with ''[[The Harvest Storm]]'' (Hazlewood) and the ''[[Bal Masqué]]'' ([[Minstrel]] show)
+: Performed (exhibited) as "Prof. Pepper's '''''[[Ghost]]''''', as exhibited at the Polytechnic, London" in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] on 6 November, apparently "illustrating the drama of ''[[Faust]]'' ". Also performed were ''[[The Harvest Storm]]'' (Hazlewood) and the ''[[Bal Masqué]]'' ([[Minstrel]] show)
 : Repeated (as ''[[Ghost]]'') in the [[Theatre Royal]] Cape Town by the [[Ray and Cooper Company]] on 13 and 14 November, now with ''[[The Harvest Storm]]'' (Hazlewood), selections from ''[[Faust and Marguerite]]'' (Carré) and ''[[Which shall I Marry?]]'' (Suter).

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