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David Erskine Baker 1812. ''Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-L.'' Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=GnJJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=Don+Juan,+or+The+Libertine+Destroyed+(Shadwell&source=bl&ots=b6vp1RZP6_&sig=diT14YGCf33-Mhe-Iltu8Ttw10U&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB0Mq12-_MAhVKGsAKHZiaCHsQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=Don%20Juan%2C%20or%20The%20Libertine%20Destroyed%20(Shadwell&f=false]
 
David Erskine Baker 1812. ''Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-L.'' Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=GnJJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=Don+Juan,+or+The+Libertine+Destroyed+(Shadwell&source=bl&ots=b6vp1RZP6_&sig=diT14YGCf33-Mhe-Iltu8Ttw10U&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB0Mq12-_MAhVKGsAKHZiaCHsQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=Don%20Juan%2C%20or%20The%20Libertine%20Destroyed%20(Shadwell&f=false]
  
Facsimile version of Shadwell's ''The Libertine'' (1676)Digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive[https://archive.org/stream/libertineatrage00rosigoog#page/n6/mode/2up]
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Facsimile version of Shadwell's ''The Libertine'' (1676). Digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive[https://archive.org/stream/libertineatrage00rosigoog#page/n6/mode/2up]
  
 
[[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. 145
 
[[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. 145

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Don Juan, or The Libertine Destroyed is a grand pantomimical ballet, in two parts, by Carlo Antonio Delpini. (Title also found as Don Juan, or the Libertine Destroy'd.)

The original text

Founded on The Libertine a tragedy written by Thomas Shadwell (1642 –1692)[1] in 1676 (published by Henry Herringman in the same year). The pantomimic version was first performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, on Tuesday, the 26th. of October, 1790, "with songs, duets and choruses by Mr Reeve and music by Mr Gluck".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1814: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town as a "grand ballet" (attributed to Thomas Shadwell) on 16 April by Mr Cuerton's company, in association with the Garrison Players, followed by a pantomime called Three Witches, or Harlequin Reanimated.

1814: Repeated by Mr Cuerton's company on 13 August with a Pantomime Farce featuring Mr Arnot as "Harlequin" and Mr Cuerton as "Clown".



Sources

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Don-Juan-Libertine-destroyd-entertainment/dp/1241035490

http://www.amazon.com/Don-Juan-pantomimical-Theatre-Royal-Drury-Lane/dp/1170557597

David Erskine Baker 1812. Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-L. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown[2]

Facsimile version of Shadwell's The Libertine (1676). Digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive[3]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 145

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