The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana - Revision history

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 : Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 4 August in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town.
-: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 23 March in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with the new ballet ''[[Love in All Corners]]''.
+: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 23 March in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with  ''[[Love in All Corners]]'' (Fagan/Ayton).
 -5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.

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 : Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 4 August in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town.
-: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 23 March in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with the new ballet ''[[Love in all Corners]]''.
+: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 23 March in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with the new ballet ''[[Love in All Corners]]''.
 -5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.

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 : Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 9 June in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town.
-: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his new [[Theatre Royal]], in Burg Street, Cape Town.
+: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 6 and 8 May, as the opening production of his new [[Theatre Royal]], in Burg Street, Cape Town.
 -5: Performed by the [[Henry Harper Company]] in the new [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as part of [[Henry Harper]]'s  first season as lessee and manager of the venue.

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 : Performed as '''''[[The Octoroon]]''''' by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 29 and 30 March in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town.
 : Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 9 June in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town.
 : Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his new [[Theatre Royal]], in Burg Street, Cape Town.

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 : Act 3 of the play performed in the old [[Oddfellows Hall]] Cape Town  by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] Company on 14 May along with ''[[The Lady and the Devil]]'' (Clarence) and ''[[A Comical Countess]]'' (Brough)
-: Performed as ''[[The Octoroon]]'' by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 29 and 30 March in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town.
+: Performed as '''''[[The Octoroon]]''''' by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 29 and 30 March in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town.
 : Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his new [[Theatre Royal]], in Burg Street, Cape Town.

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	1868: Act 3 of the play performed in the old [[Oddfellows Hall]] Cape Town by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] Company on 14 May along with ''[[The Lady and the Devil]]'' (Clarence) and ''[[A Comical Countess]]'' (Brough)		1868: Act 3 of the play performed in the old [[Oddfellows Hall]] Cape Town by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] Company on 14 May along with ''[[The Lady and the Devil]]'' (Clarence) and ''[[A Comical Countess]]'' (Brough)
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		+	1875: Performed as ''[[The Octoroon]]'' by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 29 and 30 March in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town.

	1876: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his new [[Theatre Royal]], in Burg Street, Cape Town.		1876: Performed by the company of [[Disney Roebuck]] on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his new [[Theatre Royal]], in Burg Street, Cape Town.

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 ''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll.
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 204-207, 210, 221-3, 294, 322-335, 339-351, 366, 380
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 204-207, 210, 221-2, 233, 294, 322-335, 339-351, 366, 380
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 The play was first staged in 1859 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, and became extremely popular, running continuously for years, and performed by seven road companies. It was considered second in popularity only to the varuious adaptations of '''''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''''' (1852-3). The novel and the play sparked debates about the abolition of slavery,  and in the latter case about the role of theatre in politics.
-According to Boucicault, he had to change the ending of the play in `1861, because
+According to Boucicault, he had to change the ending of the play when it was produced in England, giving it a happy ending. Thereafter both versions were performed. However, that assertion has since been debated and his motives questioned. (See for example the article "Boucicault's misdirections: Race, transatlantic theatre and social position in The Octoroon" in the journal ''Atlantic Studies'', Volume 6, 2009.)
 The text published in London by John Dicks and by De Witt Publishing House, New York, in 1859.

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	The play was first staged in 1859 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, and became extremely popular, running continuously for years, and performed by seven road companies. It was considered second in popularity only to the varuious adaptations of '''''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''''' (1852-3). The novel and the play sparked debates about the abolition of slavery, and in the latter case about the role of theatre in politics.		The play was first staged in 1859 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, and became extremely popular, running continuously for years, and performed by seven road companies. It was considered second in popularity only to the varuious adaptations of '''''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]''''' (1852-3). The novel and the play sparked debates about the abolition of slavery, and in the latter case about the role of theatre in politics.

		+	According to Boucicault, he had to change the ending of the play in `1861, because

	The text published in London by John Dicks and by De Witt Publishing House, New York, in 1859.		The text published in London by John Dicks and by De Witt Publishing House, New York, in 1859.

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−	The text published in London by John Dicks and by De Witt Publishing House, New York, in ~~1856~~.	+	The text published in London by John Dicks and by De Witt Publishing House, New York, in 1859.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==