The Legend of St Croix - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Sources

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 ==The original text==
-Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to the famous St Croix Island off the coast there. (Today the island hosts the largest penguin colony in the world.)
+Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to the famous St Croix Island[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Croix_Island_(Algoa_Bay)] off the coast there. (Today the island hosts the largest penguin colony in the world.)
 A first version possibly performed in the harbour town of Port Elizabeth in 1866 or 1867, before being done in Cape Town by players returning from that town. The ''[[Cape Argus]]'' (28 February, 1867) referred to it as "a piece of very slight material, but...well got up, with capital scenery and dresses..." The designer referred to in this case was [[R.S. Cooper]].
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 == Sources ==
 [[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.)

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 ==The original text==
-Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to St Croix Island off the coast there. (Today the largest penguin colony in the world.)
+Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to the famous St Croix Island off the coast there. (Today the island hosts the largest penguin colony in the world.)
 A first version possibly performed in the harbour town of Port Elizabeth in 1866 or 1867, before being done in Cape Town by players returning from that town. The ''[[Cape Argus]]'' (28 February, 1867) referred to it as "a piece of very slight material, but...well got up, with capital scenery and dresses..." The designer referred to in this case was [[R.S. Cooper]].

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 ==The original text==
-Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to the island of St Croix there.
+Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to St Croix Island off the coast there. (Today the largest penguin colony in the world.)
 A first version possibly performed in the harbour town of Port Elizabeth in 1866 or 1867, before being done in Cape Town by players returning from that town. The ''[[Cape Argus]]'' (28 February, 1867) referred to it as "a piece of very slight material, but...well got up, with capital scenery and dresses..." The designer referred to in this case was [[R.S. Cooper]].

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 Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to the island of St Croix there.
-A first version possibly performed in the harbour town of Port Elizabeth in 1866 or 1867, before being done in Cape Town by players returning from that town. The ''[[Cape Argus]]'' (28 February, 1867)referred to it as "a piece of very slight material, but...well got up, with capital scenery and dresses..." The designer referred to in this case was [[R.S. Cooper]].
+A first version possibly performed in the harbour town of Port Elizabeth in 1866 or 1867, before being done in Cape Town by players returning from that town. The ''[[Cape Argus]]'' (28 February, 1867) referred to it as "a piece of very slight material, but...well got up, with capital scenery and dresses..." The designer referred to in this case was [[R.S. Cooper]].
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 Referred to as a "Spectacular Fairy Extravaganza by a Gentleman of Port Elizabeth", it was probably a fantasy piece, developed in Port Elizabeth and referring to the island of St Croix there.
-A first version possibly performed in the harbour town of Port Elizabeth in 1866 or 1867, before being done in Cape Town by players returning from that town. The ''[[Cape Argus]]'' referred to it as "a piece of very slight material, but...well got up, with capital scenery and dresses..." The designer referred to in this case was [[R.S. Cooper]].
+A first version possibly performed in the harbour town of Port Elizabeth in 1866 or 1867, before being done in Cape Town by players returning from that town. The ''[[Cape Argus]]'' (28 February, 1867)referred to it as "a piece of very slight material, but...well got up, with capital scenery and dresses..." The designer referred to in this case was [[R.S. Cooper]].
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	1867: Performed by "[[Le Roy's Original Company]]" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 28 February, with ''[[The Weft of the Wish-ton-Wish]]'' (Anon.).		1867: Performed by "[[Le Roy's Original Company]]" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 28 February, with ''[[The Weft of the Wish-ton-Wish]]'' (Anon.).
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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]]: p.221
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1867: Performed by "[[Le Roy's Original Company]]" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 18 and 25 February, with ''[[Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrongs]]'' (Mosenthal/Daly).		1867: Performed by "[[Le Roy's Original Company]]" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 18 and 25 February, with ''[[Leah the Forsaken, or The Jewish Maiden's Wrongs]]'' (Mosenthal/Daly).
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		+	1867: Performed by "[[Le Roy's Original Company]]" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 28 February, with ''[[The Weft of the Wish-ton-Wish]]'' (Anon.).
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==