The Angel of the Attic - Revision history

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-''[[The Angel of the Attic]]'' is a "serio-comic" drama in one act by Thomas Morton (1803-1879), though it is possibly a play by, or written and/or produced in association with,  his son, J.M. Morton (1811–1891)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton].
+''[[The Angel of the Attic]]'' is a "serio-comic" drama in one act by Thomas Morton (1764 –1838)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(playwright)], though it is possibly a play by, or written and/or produced in association with,  his son, J.M. Morton (1811–1891)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton].
 == The original text ==
+Morton's play was published in 1843 by Thomas Hailes Lacy, and first produced at the Princess's Theatre, May 27, 1843.
 However, there is also '''another''' play with a similar name, written by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875), which was apparently produced in London at the same time: ''[[Louison, The Angel of the Attic, or, The Recompense]]'' (in its turn possibly based on a play by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe]). It is also described as "a seriocomic drama in one act", was published in London by J. Dicks, in the series "Dicks' standard plays" (no. 710) and first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, May 20th, 1843. (See the Catalogue of the National Library of Ireland[http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000060853])

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 : Performed by [[Gustavus V. Brooke|G.V. Brooke]] and company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on Tuesday 9 January, as afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Sheridan). Featured were [[Fanny Cathcart|Miss Cathcart]], Mr [[R. Younge]] and [[Captain Hall]]. (Recorded as "by J.M. Morton" by the Monitor newspaper, as cited in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] 1928: p. 411)
-: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town on 2 February, with ''[[Ali Baba]]''.
+: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town on the evening of 2 February, with the "Grand [[Burlesque]]" of ''[[Ali Baba]]''.
 : Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town on  4 February, with ''[[William Tell with a Vengeance, or the Pet, The Parrot and the Pippin]]'' (Byron).

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 : Performed by [[Gustavus V. Brooke|G.V. Brooke]] and company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on Tuesday 9 January, as afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Sheridan). Featured were [[Fanny Cathcart|Miss Cathcart]], Mr [[R. Younge]] and [[Captain Hall]]. (Recorded as "by J.M. Morton" by the Monitor newspaper, as cited in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] 1928: p. 411)
-: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town on 2 and 4 February 1878.
+: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town on 2 February, with ''[[Ali Baba]]''.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 411
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 365
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by [[Gustavus V. Brooke|G.V. Brooke]] and company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on Tuesday 9 January, as afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Sheridan). Featured were [[Fanny Cathcart|Miss Cathcart]], Mr [[R. Younge]] and [[Captain Hall]]. (Recorded as "by J.M. Morton" by the Monitor newspaper, as cited in Bosman 1928: p. 411)
+: Performed by [[Gustavus V. Brooke|G.V. Brooke]] and company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on Tuesday 9 January, as afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Sheridan). Featured were [[Fanny Cathcart|Miss Cathcart]], Mr [[R. Younge]] and [[Captain Hall]]. (Recorded as "by J.M. Morton" by the Monitor newspaper, as cited in [[F.C.L. Bosman]] 1928: p. 411)
 : Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town on 2 and 4 February 1878.

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	However, there is also '''another''' play with a similar name, written by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875), which was apparently produced in London at the same time: ''[[Louison, The Angel of the Attic, or, The Recompense]]'' (in its turn possibly based on a play by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe]). It is also described as "a seriocomic drama in one act", was published in London by J. Dicks, in the series "Dicks' standard plays" (no. 710) and first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, May 20th, 1843. (See the Catalogue of the National Library of Ireland[http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000060853])		However, there is also '''another''' play with a similar name, written by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875), which was apparently produced in London at the same time: ''[[Louison, The Angel of the Attic, or, The Recompense]]'' (in its turn possibly based on a play by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe]). It is also described as "a seriocomic drama in one act", was published in London by J. Dicks, in the series "Dicks' standard plays" (no. 710) and first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, May 20th, 1843. (See the Catalogue of the National Library of Ireland[http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000060853])
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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==

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-A "serio-comic" drama in one act by Thomas Morton (1803-1879), though it is possibly a play by, or written and/or produced in association with,  his son, J.M. Morton (1811–1891)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton].   Published in 1843 by Thomas Hailes Lacy, and first produced at the Princess's Theatre, May 27, 1843.
+''[[The Angel of the Attic]]'' is a "serio-comic" drama in one act by Thomas Morton (1803-1879), though it is possibly a play by, or written and/or produced in association with,  his son, J.M. Morton (1811–1891)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton].
 However, there is also '''another''' play with a similar name, written by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875), which was apparently produced in London at the same time: ''[[Louison, The Angel of the Attic, or, The Recompense]]'' (in its turn possibly based on a play by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe]). It is also described as "a seriocomic drama in one act", was published in London by J. Dicks, in the series "Dicks' standard plays" (no. 710) and first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, May 20th, 1843. (See the Catalogue of the National Library of Ireland[http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000060853])
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-Performed by [[Gustavus V. Brooke|G.V. Brooke]] and company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on Tuesday 9 January 1855, as afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Sheridan). Featured were [[Fanny Cathcart|Miss Cathcart]], Mr [[R. Younge]] and [[Captain Hall]]. (Recorded as "by J.M. Morton" by the Monitor newspaper, as cited in Bosman 1928: p411)
+Performed by [[Gustavus V. Brooke|G.V. Brooke]] and company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town,  on Tuesday 9 January 1855, as afterpiece to ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Sheridan). Featured were [[Fanny Cathcart|Miss Cathcart]], Mr [[R. Younge]] and [[Captain Hall]]. (Recorded as "by J.M. Morton" by the Monitor newspaper, as cited in Bosman 1928: p. 411)
 Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town on 2 and 4 February 1878.
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 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Morton,_Thomas_(1764-1838)_(DNB00)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 411
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 411
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 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 A|A]] in Plays II Foreign Plays
+Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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−	A "serio-comic" drama in one act by Thomas Morton (1803-1879), though it is possibly a play by, or written and/or produced in association with, his son, J.M. Morton. Published in 1843 by Thomas Hailes Lacy, and first produced at the Princess's Theatre, May 27, 1843.	+	A "serio-comic" drama in one act by Thomas Morton (1803-1879), though it is possibly a play by, or written and/or produced in association with, his son, J.M. Morton (1811–1891)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]. Published in 1843 by Thomas Hailes Lacy, and first produced at the Princess's Theatre, May 27, 1843.

	However, there is also '''another''' play with a similar name, written by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875), which was apparently produced in London at the same time: ''[[Louison, The Angel of the Attic, or, The Recompense]]'' (in its turn possibly based on a play by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe]). It is also described as "a seriocomic drama in one act", was published in London by J. Dicks, in the series "Dicks' standard plays" (no. 710) and first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, May 20th, 1843. (See the Catalogue of the National Library of Ireland[http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000060853])		However, there is also '''another''' play with a similar name, written by William Bayle Bernard (1807-1875), which was apparently produced in London at the same time: ''[[Louison, The Angel of the Attic, or, The Recompense]]'' (in its turn possibly based on a play by Eugène Scribe (1791–1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe]). It is also described as "a seriocomic drama in one act", was published in London by J. Dicks, in the series "Dicks' standard plays" (no. 710) and first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, May 20th, 1843. (See the Catalogue of the National Library of Ireland[http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000060853])