United States Mail - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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''[[United States Mail]]''

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 W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 272.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1868: Performed as ''[[The United States Mail]]'' by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] in either the [[Mutual Hall]] or the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]], Cape Town. (Billed as a "[[Negro farce]]")		1868: Performed as ''[[The United States Mail]]'' by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] in either the [[Mutual Hall]] or the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]], Cape Town. (Billed as a "[[Negro farce]]")
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		+	1868: In November it was apparently performed again by [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]], this time with a [[burlesque]] called ''[[Nervous Cures\|The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton), the performance being in aid of the Oddfellows Library and Reading Room.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] in either the [[Mutual Hall]] or the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]], Cape Town. (Billed as a "[[Negro farce]]")
+: Performed as ''[[The United States Mail]]'' by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] in either the [[Mutual Hall]] or the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]], Cape Town. (Billed as a "[[Negro farce]]")
 == Sources ==

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-Described as an [[Ethiopian sketch]] or [[Negro farce]] for 3 performers in various sources, it is a [[Christy's]] style piece written for his own use by the early [[blackface]] minstrel performer. Published as no 85 in De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama.
+Described as an [[Ethiopian sketch]] it is a [[Christy's]] style piece written for his own use by the early [[blackface]] minstrel performer.
-Performed on 19 January 1857 by White's Serenaders.
+Performed in America on 19 January 1857 by White's Serenaders.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Charlie%22_White		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Charlie%22_White

		+	W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].

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	Described as an [[Ethiopian sketch]] or [[Negro farce]] for 3 performers in various sources, it is a [[Christy's]] style piece written for his own use by the early [[blackface]] minstrel performer. Published as no 85 in De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama.		Described as an [[Ethiopian sketch]] or [[Negro farce]] for 3 performers in various sources, it is a [[Christy's]] style piece written for his own use by the early [[blackface]] minstrel performer. Published as no 85 in De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama.
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		+	Performed on 19 January 1857 by White's Serenaders.

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

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−	''[[United States Mail]]''	+	''[[United States Mail]]'' is a sketch in one scene by Charles T. White (best known as "Chas.", "Charlie" or "Charley" White, 1821–1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Charlie%22_White].

−	Also found as ''[[The United States Mail]]''	+	Also found as ''[[The United States Mail]]'' in South Africa (See [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]], 1980).
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		+	== The original text ==
		+
		+	Described as an [[Ethiopian sketch]] or [[Negro farce]] for 3 performers in various sources, it is a [[Christy's]] style piece written for his own use by the early [[blackface]] minstrel performer. Published as no 85 in De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama.
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
		+
		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1868: Performed by the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] in either the [[Mutual Hall]] or the [[Cape Town Institute and Club]], Cape Town. (Billed as a "[[Negro farce]]")
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Charlie%22_White
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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