The Castle Spectre - Revision history

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 == The original text ==
-Apparently based on a previous attempt at a gothic story by the author, inspired by Walpole's ''The Castle of Otranto'', it was reworked  into a play in 1796 and first performed  at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, on Thursday, December 14, 1797.
+Apparently based on a previous attempt at a gothic story by the author, inspired by Walpole's ''The Castle of Otranto'', it was reworked into a play in 1796 and first performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, on Thursday, December 14, 1797.
-Despite manifold obvious weaknesses the play was a popular success and according to Bertrand Evans (1947, pp 143-44), with its appearance "...Gothic drama assumed a popular position not below that of the Gothic novel. Besides having a very long and eminently successful first run, this concoction went through seven printed editions in 1798 and eleven by 1803." It was apparently still popular in 1829.
+Despite manifold obvious weaknesses, the play was a popular success and according to Bertrand Evans (1947, pp 143-44), with its appearance "...Gothic drama assumed a popular position, not below that of the Gothic novel. Besides having a very long and eminently successful first run, this concoction went through seven printed editions in 1798 and eleven by 1803." It was apparently still popular in 1829.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: First performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] on 20 January, 1816, in support of the Waterloo Fund. With ''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' (Macready) as afterpiece. Repeated on 3 February, 1816 and played once more on 17 August, 1816.
+: First performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] on 20 January 1816, in support of the Waterloo Fund. With ''[[The Village Lawyer]]'' (Macready) as an afterpiece. Repeated on 3 February 1816 and played once more on 17 August 1816.
-: Performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] on 27 November 1824, with ''[[The Poor Soldier]]'' (O'Keeffe) as afterpiece.
+: Performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[English Theatricals]] on 27 November 1824, with ''[[The Poor Soldier]]'' (O'Keeffe) as an afterpiece.
-: Performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] under the leadership of Mr [[H. Booth]] on 6 March 1830, with ''[[The Lying Valet]]'' (Garrick) as afterpiece.
+: Performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by [[All the World's a Stage]] under the leadership of Mr [[H. Booth]] on 6 March 1830, with ''[[The Lying Valet]]'' (Garrick) as an afterpiece.
 : Performed in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[British Amateur Company]] (under the motto  [[All the World's a Stage]]) on 12 November 1832, with ''[[The Scape-goat]]'' (Poole) as afterpiece.

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 ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 7. June 13, 1861.
-''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek
+''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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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. 148-9, 199, 212, 224, 389 and 417.		[[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. 148-9, 199, 212, 224, 389 and 417.
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	''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 7. June 13, 1861.		''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 7. June 13, 1861.

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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. 148-9, 199, 212, 224, 389 and 417.
-''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)
 Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography|ESAT Bibliography]]

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 : Performed twice in the [[Roeland Street Theatre|Dutch Theatre]], Cape Town by the company called [[English Private Theatricals]] (or the [[Private Amateur Company]]), the second time on 6 November as their last performance of the season, with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings, or Paris in 1750]]'' (Peake) as an afterpiece.
-:  The [[Band of Amateurs]] performed a scene from ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' in the Garrison Theatre, Grahamstown, on June 3, with a cast consisting of [[J. Davies]] (Osmond), [[J. F. Gay]] (Saib) and [[J. Mann]] (Hassan). This was accompanied by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) followed by a scene from ''[[The Indians of the Far West]]'' (Anon.).
+:  The [[Band of Amateurs]] performed a scene from ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Grahamstown, on June 3, with a cast consisting of [[J. Davies]] (Osmond), [[J. F. Gay]] (Saib) and [[J. Mann]] (Hassan). This was accompanied by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) followed by a scene from ''[[The Indians of the Far West]]'' (Anon.).
-:  The [[Band of Amateurs]] performed a scene from ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' in the Garrison Theatre, Grahamstown, on June 3, with the same cast. This was accompanied by ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes) and a scene from ''[[The Indians of the Far West]]'' (Anon.).
+:  The [[Band of Amateurs]] performed a scene from ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Keiskamma Hoek, on June 3, with the same cast. This was accompanied by ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes) and a scene from ''[[The Indians of the Far West]]'' (Anon.).
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	1847: Performed twice in the [[Roeland Street Theatre\|Dutch Theatre]], Cape Town by the company called [[English Private Theatricals]] (or the [[Private Amateur Company]]), the second time on 6 November as their last performance of the season, with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings, or Paris in 1750]]'' (Peake) as an afterpiece.		1847: Performed twice in the [[Roeland Street Theatre\|Dutch Theatre]], Cape Town by the company called [[English Private Theatricals]] (or the [[Private Amateur Company]]), the second time on 6 November as their last performance of the season, with ''[[Comfortable Lodgings, or Paris in 1750]]'' (Peake) as an afterpiece.
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		+	1861: The [[Band of Amateurs]] performed a scene from ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' on June 3, with a cast consisting of [[J. Davies]] (Osmond), [[J. F. Gay]] (Saib) and [[J. Mann]] (Hassan). This was accompanied by a scene from ''[[The Indians of the Far West]]'' and .
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	1862: A scene from ''[[The Castle Spectre\|Castle Spectre]]'' performed in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] on June 3, with a cast that included [[J. Davies]] (Osmond), [[J. F. Gay]] (Saib), [[J. Mann]] (Hassan). Also performed was as ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Lewis) followed by a scene from ''[[The Indians of the Far-West]]'' (Anon.).		1862: A scene from ''[[The Castle Spectre\|Castle Spectre]]'' performed in the Eastern Cape village of Keiskama Hoek's [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] on June 3, with a cast that included [[J. Davies]] (Osmond), [[J. F. Gay]] (Saib), [[J. Mann]] (Hassan). Also performed was as ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Lewis) followed by a scene from ''[[The Indians of the Far-West]]'' (Anon.).