Nobody's Child - Revision history

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 : Performed as  ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street,  Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 10 August, with ''[[The Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).
 : Performed as  ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street,  Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 8 and 13 December, in the latter case with a ballad by [[Miss Wynne]].
 == Sources ==

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 Opened at the Surrey Theatre, London on 14 September 1867; in New York City 11 April, 1871.
-Published in London by L.C. Lacy in 1868(?), later also by Samuel French
+Published in London by [[L.C. Lacy]] in 1868(?), later also by [[Samuel French]].
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 == The original text ==
-A melodrama about a foundling who saves a beautiful young heiress from the clutches of a conniving young  Captain and her old guardian.
+A [[melodrama]] about a foundling who saves a beautiful young heiress from the clutches of a conniving young  Captain and her old guardian.
 Opened at the Surrey Theatre, London on 14 September 1867; in New York City 11 April, 1871.

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 : Performed as ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 and 15 July, with ''[[Hercules, King of Clubs]]'' (Cooper) as afterpiece. The cast included [[Tom Paulton]] as the unscrupulous guardian and company's the stage manager, [[Sutton Vane]], as the foundling. The spectacular scene paintings were done by [[W. Thorne]].
-: Performed as  ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 10 August, with ''[[The Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).
+: Performed as  ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street,  Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 10 August, with ''[[The Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).
-: Performed as  ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 8 and 13 December, in the latter case with a ballad by [[Miss Wynne]].
+: Performed as  ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street,  Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 8 and 13 December, in the latter case with a ballad by [[Miss Wynne]].
 == Sources ==

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-: Performed as ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 and 15 July, with ''[[Hercules, King of Clubs]]'' (Cooper) as afterpiece. Scenic painting done by [[W. Thorne]]
+: Performed as ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 and 15 July, with ''[[Hercules, King of Clubs]]'' (Cooper) as afterpiece. The cast included [[Tom Paulton]] as the unscrupulous guardian and company's the stage manager, [[Sutton Vane]], as the foundling. The spectacular scene paintings were done by [[W. Thorne]].
 : Performed as  ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 10 August, with ''[[The Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).
 == Sources ==

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	== The original text ==		== The original text ==
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		+	A melodrama about a foundling who saves a beautiful young heiress from the clutches of a conniving young Captain and her old guardian.

	Opened at the Surrey Theatre, London on 14 September 1867; in New York City 11 April, 1871.		Opened at the Surrey Theatre, London on 14 September 1867; in New York City 11 April, 1871.

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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.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 325, 328
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 325, 328, 332-4, 342, 346, 363.
 [[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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−	1875: Performed as ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 and 15 July, with ''[[Hercules, King of Clubs]]'' (Cooper) as afterpiece.	+	1875: Performed as ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 10 and 15 July, with ''[[Hercules, King of Clubs]]'' (Cooper) as afterpiece. Scenic painting done by [[W. Thorne]]

	1876: Performed as ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 10 August, with ''[[The Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).		1876: Performed as ''[[Nobody's Child]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company on 10 August, with ''[[The Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).