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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: A piece referred to simply as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 and 7 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]], with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to follow (Cobb/Dimond). [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ascribes the piece to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s)[https://www.worldcat.org/title/robinson-crusoe/oclc/46697543], but this is probably wrong, as Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus highly unlikely to have been the one used here. It was more likely to have been an adaptation of scenes from the novel by Roebuck himself, as used later the year.
+: A piece referred to simply as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 and 7 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]], with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to follow (Cobb/Dimond). [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ascribes the piece to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s)[https://www.worldcat.org/title/robinson-crusoe/oclc/46697543], but this is probably wrong, as Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus highly unlikely to have been the one used here. It was more likely to have been  Byron's full version which Roebuck had used before, or his own adaptation of scenes from the play or novel, as used later the year.
 : Produced as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe)by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 16 May, with ''[[The Lost Baby]]'' (Suter?). .

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: A piece referred to simply as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]], with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to follow (Cobb/Dimond). [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ascribes the piece to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s)[https://www.worldcat.org/title/robinson-crusoe/oclc/46697543], but this is probably wrong, as Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus highly unlikely to have been the one used here. It was more likely to have been an adaptation of scenes from the novel by Roebuck himself, as used later the year.
+: A piece referred to simply as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 and 7 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]], with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to follow (Cobb/Dimond). [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ascribes the piece to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s)[https://www.worldcat.org/title/robinson-crusoe/oclc/46697543], but this is probably wrong, as Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus highly unlikely to have been the one used here. It was more likely to have been an adaptation of scenes from the novel by Roebuck himself, as used later the year.
 : Produced as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe)by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 16 May, with ''[[The Lost Baby]]'' (Suter?). .

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	https://www.worldcat.org/title/robinson-crusoe/oclc/46697543

	[[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.)		[[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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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: A piece referred to simply as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]].  ([[F.C.L. Bosman]] seemingly ascribes the piece to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus highly unlikely to have been the one used here.) Also played was ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Cobb/Dimond, described as a "comedietta").
+: A piece referred to simply as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]], with ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to follow (Cobb/Dimond). [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ascribes the piece to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s)[https://www.worldcat.org/title/robinson-crusoe/oclc/46697543], but this is probably wrong, as Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus highly unlikely to have been the one used here. It was more likely to have been an adaptation of scenes from the novel by Roebuck himself, as used later the year.
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 : Produced as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe)by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 16 May, with ''[[The Lost Baby]]'' (Suter?). .

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1878: A piece referred to simply as ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. ([[F.C.L. Bosman]] seemingly ascribes the piece to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus highly unlikely to have been the one used here.) Also played was ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (Cobb/Dimond, described as a "comedietta").

	1878: Produced as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe\|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe)by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 16 May, with ''[[The Lost Baby]]'' (Suter?). .		1878: Produced as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe\|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe)by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 16 May, with ''[[The Lost Baby]]'' (Suter?). .

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Produced as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe)by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 16 May, with ''[[Arrah-na-Pogue]]'' (). .
+: Produced as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe)by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 16 May, with ''[[The Lost Baby]]'' (). .
 : 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", 22 May, with ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' (Gilbert) as a benefit for Miss [[Frances Delaval]].

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-No indication is given of which of the many dramatized versions of the text was being used in this case, nor any indication of an adaptor. It is most likely a reference to a selection from the pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884), called '''''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]''''' , which Roebuck had been performing in Cape Town in this period.
+No indication is given of which of the many dramatized versions of the text was being used in this case, nor any indication of an adaptor. It is most likely a reference to a selection from the pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884), called '''''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]''''' , the full version of which Roebuck had been performing in Cape Town in this period.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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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", 22 May, with ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' () as a benefit for Miss [[Frances Delaval]].	+	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", 22 May, with ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' (Gilbert) as a benefit for Miss [[Frances Delaval]].

	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)		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)