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 : A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 and 7 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - and that could hardly have been the one used here.)
-: Simon Gray's play ''[[Stage Struck]]'' performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Kenneth Baker]].
+: Simon Gray's play ''[[Stage Struck]]'' performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]], [[Kenneth Baker]], [[Judy Gibson]] and [[Tim Plewman]]. [[Intimate Theatre]], Johannesburg, August-September,
 = Sources =
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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 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, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205.
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 387.

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 : A play called ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (ascribed to Dimond) was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]'' (Webster). Given the fact that this is a one-act version and that only the second text was published, this is most likely to have been the 1853 one act adaptation of Cobb's play.
-: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 and 7 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus probably not the one used here.)
+: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 and 7 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - and that could hardly have been the one used here.)
 : Simon Gray's play ''[[Stage Struck]]'' performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Kenneth Baker]].

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 : A play called ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (ascribed to Dimond) was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]'' (Webster). Given the fact that this is a one-act version and that only the second text was published, this is most likely to have been the 1853 one act adaptation of Cobb's play.
-: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus probably not the one used here.)
+: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 and 7 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus probably not the one used here.)
 : Simon Gray's play ''[[Stage Struck]]'' performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Kenneth Baker]].

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 : A play called ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (ascribed to Dimond) was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]'' (Webster). Given the fact that this is a one-act version and that only the second text was published, this is most likely to have been the 1853 one act adaptation of Cobb's play.
-: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers, but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1890s version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - probably not the one used here.)
+: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers (fl 1890s), but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1899 version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - thus probably not the one used here.)
 : Simon Gray's play ''[[Stage Struck]]'' performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Kenneth Baker]].

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 : A play called ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (ascribed to Dimond) was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]'' (Webster). Given the fact that this is a one-act version and that only the second text was published, this is most likely to have been the 1853 one act adaptation of Cobb's play.
-: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta" and ascribed to Stanley Rogers) was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' ().
+: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta") was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. (Bosman seemingly ascribes ''[[Stage Struck]]'' to Stanley Rogers, but this is probably wrong, as Stanley Rogers was the author of a 1890s version of ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' - probably not the one used here.)
 : Simon Gray's play ''[[Stage Struck]]'' performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Kenneth Baker]].

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 = Performance history of all these plays in South Africa =
-: The Cobb/Dimond play was performed (according to Bosman, 1980, p. 97,  with the incorrect title of ''[[Stage Struck, or The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celestina Beverley]]''),  by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 June, with ''[[The Hunchback]]'' (Knowles)
+: The Cobb/Dimond play (said to have been "adapted" by Dimond) was performed  by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 June, with ''[[The Hunchback]]'' (Knowles). (Bosman, 1980, pp. 97 and 529, gives the title incorrectly as ''[[Stage Struck, or The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celestina Beverley]]'')
-: Performed as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' in the renovated [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and his newly arrived company on 5 August,  with ''[[The Lonely Man of the Ocean]]'' (Blake).
+: Performed as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' in the renovated [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and his newly arrived company on 8 August,  with ''[[The Lonely Man of the Ocean]]'' (Blake).
 : Performed as ''[[Stage-Struck]]'' (apparently Dimond's version of Cobb's play) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 30 January, with ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin), and a "[[Pas Seul]]" by [[Miss Powell]].
-: A play called ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (ascribed to Dimond) was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[Frou-Frou, or Fashion and Folly]]'' (Webster). Given the fact that this is a one-act version and that only the second text was published, this is most likely to have been the 1853 one act adaptation of Cobb's play.
+: A piece referred to as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' (described as a "comedietta" and ascribed to Stanley Rogers) was performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 May, featuring [[The Paultons ]]. Also played was ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' ().
-: Simon Gray's play performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Kenneth Baker]].
+: Simon Gray's play ''[[Stage Struck]]'' performed by the [[Toerien-Firth Company]] in July,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (who had directed the West End production in 1979) and starring [[Michael McGovern]] and [[Kenneth Baker]].
 = Sources =

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	1861: The Cobb/Dimond play was performed (according to Bosman, 1980, p. 97, with the incorrect title of ''[[Stage Struck, or The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celestina Beverley]]''), by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 June, with ''[[The Hunchback]]'' (Knowles)		1861: The Cobb/Dimond play was performed (according to Bosman, 1980, p. 97, with the incorrect title of ''[[Stage Struck, or The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celestina Beverley]]''), by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 June, with ''[[The Hunchback]]'' (Knowles)
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	1861: Performed as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' in the renovated [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and his newly arrived company on 5 August, with ''[[The Lonely Man of the Ocean]]'' (Blake).		1861: Performed as ''[[Stage Struck]]'' in the renovated [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and his newly arrived company on 5 August, with ''[[The Lonely Man of the Ocean]]'' (Blake).

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 According to [[Bernth Lindfors]] (2011: p.199[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=PoKKrnNkaNEC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=Stage+Struck,+or+The+Loves+of+Augustus+Portarlington+and+Celectina+Beverley&source=bl&ots=5MxT5z1paT&sig=ACfU3U1W_-tnIknGHqRGzDaSr4P1iOp1mQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizk-vw7v3mAhVEqHEKHZjiAkwQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Stage%20Struck%2C%20or%20The%20Loves%20of%20Augustus%20Portarlington%20and%20Celectina%20Beverley&f=false]), this should not be confused with the Cobb/Dimond play ''[[Stage Struck, or The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celectina Beverley]]'', they are two different works.
-=''[[Stage Struck, or The Love of Augustus Portarlington and Celestina Beverley]]'' (Cobb/Dimond, 1853)=
+=''[[Stage Struck, or The Love of Augustus Portarlington and Celestina Beverly]]'' (Cobb/Dimond, 1853)=
 This is farce in one act adapted from ''[[Love in the East, or Adventures of Twelve Hours]]'' by James Cobb (1756-1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cobb_(librettist)], first performed in the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 25 February, 1788.