The Cricket on the Hearth - Revision history

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Dramatized versions known to have been seen in South Africa

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Performance history of the story in South Africa

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Performance history of the story in South Africa

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Performance history of the story in South Africa

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Performance history of the story in South Africa

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 An adaptation of the  Dickens novella by Dion Boucicault, including a number of Shakespearian characters for example, it was licensed for Ben Webster at the Adelphi on 11 April 1859, but was first produced at the Winter Garden, New York, on September 14th, 1859. The London production only took place on 14 April 1862 in the Adelphi Theatre.
-Sometimes found with the title ''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''.
+Sometimes found with the title '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]'''''.
 ==Performance history of the story in South Africa ==

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 : Performed as ''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Sefton Parry]] and company, on 3 June. This uncredited text may have been any of the seventeen done in 1845, probably not Boucicault's recently written version which only opened in London in 1862.
-: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 7 April, with ''[[Little Toddlekins]], or The 48-Pounder''  (?)
+: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 7 April, with ''[[Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder]]''  (Mathews).
 : Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]''  (Morton)

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 === ''[[Dot]]'' by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] ===
-An adaptation of the  Dickens novella by Dion Boucicault, including a number of Shakespearian characters for example, it was licensed for Ben Webster at the Adelphi on 11 April 1859, but was first produced at the Winter Garden, New York, on September 14th, 1859. The  London production only took place on 14 April 1862 in the Adelphi Theatre.
+An adaptation of the  Dickens novella by Dion Boucicault, including a number of Shakespearian characters for example, it was licensed for Ben Webster at the Adelphi on 11 April 1859, but was first produced at the Winter Garden, New York, on September 14th, 1859. The London production only took place on 14 April 1862 in the Adelphi Theatre.
 Sometimes found with the title ''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''.

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 : Performed as ''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Sefton Parry]] and company, on 3 June. This uncredited text may have been any of the seventeen done in 1845, probably not Boucicault's recently written version which only opened in London in 1862.
-: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 7 April, with ''[[Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder]]''  (?)
+: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 7 April, with ''[[Little Toddlekins]], or The 48-Pounder''  (?)
 : Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]''  (Morton)

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	1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton)		1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton)
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−	1876: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton)

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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 https://www.nextory.se/bok/the-cricket-on-the-hearth-charles-dickens/9789176053881
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 97, 323, 328, 333, 340, 363-4.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 97, 105, 323, 328, 333.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1861: Performed as ''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Sefton Parry]] and company, on 3 June. This uncredited text may have been any of the seventeen done in 1845, probably not Boucicault's recently written version which only opened in London in 1862.		1861: Performed as ''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Sefton Parry]] and company, on 3 June. This uncredited text may have been any of the seventeen done in 1845, probably not Boucicault's recently written version which only opened in London in 1862.
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		+	1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 7 April, with ''[[Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder]]'' (?)
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		+	1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton)

	1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton)		1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton)

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 =Translations and stage adaptations=
-An immediate success, the work saw no less than '''seventeen''' stage productions opening during the Christmas season of 1845. Only one had Dickens's approval and this one opened on the same day as the book's release. Dickens himself read the tale four times in public performance. For a time the novels was more popular as a performed piece than ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.
+An immediate success, the work saw no less than '''seventeen''' stage productions opening during the Christmas season of 1845. Only one had Dickens's approval and this one opened on the same day as the book's release. Dickens himself read the tale four times in public performance. For a time the novel was more popular as a performed piece than ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.
-==Dramatized versions seen in South Africa==
+==Dramatized versions known to have been seen in South Africa==
 === ''[[Dot]]'' by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] ===
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 Sometimes found with the title ''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''.
-==Performance history in South Africa ==
+==Performance history of the story in South Africa ==
 : Performed as ''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Sefton Parry]] and company, on 3 June. This uncredited text may have been any of the seventeen done in 1845, probably not Boucicault's recently written version which only opened in London in 1862.
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 https://www.nextory.se/bok/the-cricket-on-the-hearth-charles-dickens/9789176053881
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 97, 323, 340, 363-4. 323, 328, 333
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 97, 323, 328, 333, 340, 363-4.
 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. 97, 323, 340, 363-4.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 97, 323, 340, 363-4. 323, 328, 333