Rob Roy - Revision history

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	1911: Performed a scene from ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[North End Library Hall]] in Port Elizabeth by a group of amateurs on 23 May. Starring [[John Simpson]] as the Bailie, Miss [[Jeannie Walker]], and [[John Duncan]].		1911: Performed a scene from ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[North End Library Hall]] in Port Elizabeth by a group of amateurs on 23 May. Starring [[John Simpson]] as the Bailie, Miss [[Jeannie Walker]], and [[John Duncan]].

		+	1916: ''[[Rob Roy, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' presented by [[Leonard Rayne]] under the patronage of the Caledonian Society at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, directed by [[David James]].
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 '''Below is a list of performances of ALL known versions of ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in South Africa'''
 -24: A play called ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell]]'',  or simply referred to a ''[[Rob Roy]]'',  said to be based on Scott's novel (or credited to Scott himself), was performed a number of times in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the amateur company [[English Theatricals]] in these years. It is most likely that this was the widely known and published Pocock musical version of 1818, but it ''may'' have been the William Henry Murray version, entitled ''[[Rob Roy Macgregor]]'', which had been devised in association with Scott and was performed in Edinburgh in 1818. It was certainly not the Soane version, which was a straight play, for the adverts make reference to a "melodramatic opera", with "original Overture and Music".
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 : Performed as ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, by [[Cape Town Highlanders]] on  18 February.
 : Performed a scene from ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[North End Library Hall]] in Port Elizabeth by a group of amateurs on 23 May. Starring [[John Simpson]] as the Bailie, Miss [[Jeannie Walker]], and [[John Duncan]].

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	1877: Performed as ''[[Rob Roy, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 22 December, with a "Scotch Chorus, Song, Duets, Dances, etc.".		1877: Performed as ''[[Rob Roy, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 22 December, with a "Scotch Chorus, Song, Duets, Dances, etc.".
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		+	1884: ''[[Rob Roy]]'' presented by [[Julia Sydney and Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban.

	1888: Performed as ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, by [[Cape Town Highlanders]] on 18 February.		1888: Performed as ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, by [[Cape Town Highlanders]] on 18 February.

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	Eastern Province Herald, May 2, 1911.		Eastern Province Herald, May 2, 1911.
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murray,_William_Henry_(DNB00)		https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murray,_William_Henry_(DNB00)
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		+	Eastern Province Herald, May 2, 1911.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 : Three performances (on 27 and 30 August, 1 September) of ''[[Rob Roy]]'' by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] ("supported by a host of [[amateur]]s") in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, , with ''[[Bachelor's Buttons]]'' (Stirling) as afterpiece. Critically the production of ''[[Rob Roy]]'' was panned as "slovenly", with few actors said to have known their parts (though a few, especially [[Alex Kay]], are singled out as good amateur performers).
-: Performed  in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 2 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith).
+: Performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 2 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith).
-: Performed  in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company under the management of [[Charles Wilstone]]  on 12 and 15 August, with [[J.B. Howe]] as leading actor.
+: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company under the management of [[Charles Wilstone]]  on 12 and 15 August, with [[J.B. Howe]] as leading actor.
-: Performed  as ''[[Rob Roy, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 22 December, with a "Scotch Chorus, Song, Duets, Dances, etc.".
+: Performed as ''[[Rob Roy, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 22 December, with a "Scotch Chorus, Song, Duets, Dances, etc.".
-: Performed  as ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, by [[Cape Town Highlanders]] on  18 February.
+: Performed as ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burg Street, Cape Town, by [[Cape Town Highlanders]] on  18 February.
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 ===Translations and adaptations===
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 '''Below is a list of performances of ALL known versions of ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in South Africa'''

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 : Performed  in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  on 2 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith).
-: Performed  in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company under the management of [[Charles Wilstone]]  on 12 and 15 August, with [[J.B. Howe]] as leading actor.
+: Performed  in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company under the management of [[C. Wilstone|Charles Wilstone]]  on 12 and 15 August, with [[J.B. Howe]] as leading actor.
 : Performed  as ''[[Rob Roy, or Auld Lang Syne]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company  22 December, with a "Scotch Chorus, Song, Duets, Dances, etc.".