Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies - Revision history

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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.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 98-108
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1878: Performed as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, played regularly from 22April to 1 May, and billed as a "Pantomime" and said to have been "[a]rranged from H.J. Byron's 'Extravaganza' ". [[Miss Delaval]] took the role of "Crusoe" and the scenery was done by [[R. Thorne]], [[W. Thorne]] and [[R. Cooper]]		1878: Performed as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, played regularly from 22April to 1 May, and billed as a "Pantomime" and said to have been "[a]rranged from H.J. Byron's 'Extravaganza' ". [[Miss Delaval]] took the role of "Crusoe" and the scenery was done by [[R. Thorne]], [[W. Thorne]] and [[R. Cooper]]
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	1878: Performed as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, on 18 May. The matinee performance had a ''[[Juvenile Harlequinade]]'' (Anon.) as an afterpiece, while the evening performance had ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon) and ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' as afterpiece.		1878: Performed as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, on 18 May. The matinee performance had a ''[[Juvenile Harlequinade]]'' (Anon.) as an afterpiece, while the evening performance had ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon) and ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' as afterpiece.

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 This is one of three works written (or at least co-written) by Henry J. Byron, all based on Defoe's novel ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. The others are a burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!]]''(1860) and another burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife]]'' (1867).
-''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year. It probably is the main source for seubsequent [[pantomime]]s based on Defoe's novel.
+''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year. It probably is the main source for most of the subsequent [[pantomime]]s inspired by Defoe's novel.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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-''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is an pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884)
+''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is an pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron]
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 Facsimile version of the Miles edition of 1868, Hathi Thrust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015078556118;view=1up;seq=1]
 [[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.)

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 ==The original text==
-This is one of three works written (or at least co-written) by Henry J. Byron, all based on Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. The others are a burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!]]''(1860) and another burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife]]'' (1867).
+This is one of three works written (or at least co-written) by Henry J. Byron, all based on Defoe's novel ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. The others are a burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!]]''(1860) and another burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife]]'' (1867).
-''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year.
+''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year. It probably is the main source for seubsequent [[pantomime]]s based on Defoe's novel.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 : Performed as "the main scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe) by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon)
 == Sources ==

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+: Performed as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, on 18 May. The matinee performance had a ''[[Juvenile Harlequinade]]'' as an afterpiece,  while the evening performance had ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon) and ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' as afterpiece.
 : Performed as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe) by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon)
 : Performed as "the main scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe) by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon)
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		+	1878: Performed as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe\|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe) by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon)
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		+	1878: Performed as "the main scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe\|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe) by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with ''[[The Captain's not a Miss]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Jack and Jack's Brother]]'' (Anon)
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