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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1850: Performed by the 73rd Regiment ([[Garrison Players]], generally known as [[Captain Hall's Company]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]] on Wednesday 29th May, with ''[[The Lancers]]'' (Payne), ''[[My Daughter, Sir!, or A Daughter to Marry]]'' (Planché) as well as ''[[My Young Wife and My Old Umbrella]]'' (Webster). (A confusing misprint on page 398 in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]], or an error in the original source, seems to suggest that the company would be doing a "the Comedietta, in two Acts, by D.Boucicault, Esq., ''[[A Lover by Proxy! or My Daughter Sir!]]'' (Planché)". Clearly they did two one-act farces, '''not''' a two-act farce by two authors!) | + | 1850: Performed by the 73rd Regiment ([[Garrison Players]], generally known as "[[Captain Hall's Company]]") in the [[Garrison Theatre]] on Wednesday 29th May, with ''[[The Lancers]]'' (Payne), ''[[My Daughter, Sir!, or A Daughter to Marry]]'' (Planché) as well as ''[[My Young Wife and My Old Umbrella]]'' (Webster). (A confusing misprint on page 398 in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]], or an error in the original source, seems to suggest that the company would be doing a "the Comedietta, in two Acts, by D.Boucicault, Esq., ''[[A Lover by Proxy! or My Daughter Sir!]]'' (Planché)". Clearly they did two one-act farces, '''not''' a two-act farce by two authors!) |
1850: Performed by [[Captain Hall's Company]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]] on Thursday 26 September, with ''[[The Sentinel]]'' (Morton) and ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton). | 1850: Performed by [[Captain Hall's Company]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]] on Thursday 26 September, with ''[[The Sentinel]]'' (Morton) and ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton). | ||
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Christopher Fitz-Simmon in the ''Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre'' edited by Colin Chambers[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=cFlFhuVMFGQC&pg=PA835&lpg=PA835&dq=A+Lover+by+Proxy!+Boucicault&source=bl&ots=mVbjl-skA5&sig=2JacRLncNFUifShkRYJwN2JgEzM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QTiCVby0Ho_W7QawgLE4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=A%20Lover%20by%20Proxy!%20Boucicault&f=false]: p. 835. | Christopher Fitz-Simmon in the ''Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre'' edited by Colin Chambers[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=cFlFhuVMFGQC&pg=PA835&lpg=PA835&dq=A+Lover+by+Proxy!+Boucicault&source=bl&ots=mVbjl-skA5&sig=2JacRLncNFUifShkRYJwN2JgEzM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QTiCVby0Ho_W7QawgLE4&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=A%20Lover%20by%20Proxy!%20Boucicault&f=false]: p. 835. | ||
| − | [[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. 398, | + | [[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. 398-9, |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 06:12, 19 July 2016
A Lover by Proxy is a burletta in one act by Dion Boucicault[1] (1820/1822? – 1890). The play is also referred to in various publications as "a comedietta" or "a farce".
The original text
It was one of Boucicault's earliest works, probably written 1840 and first performed to moderate success at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in London on Thursday April 21st, 1842. Published in London the same year as No. 102 of Webster's series Acting National Drama.
Performance history in South Africa
1850: Performed by the 73rd Regiment (Garrison Players, generally known as "Captain Hall's Company") in the Garrison Theatre on Wednesday 29th May, with The Lancers (Payne), My Daughter, Sir!, or A Daughter to Marry (Planché) as well as My Young Wife and My Old Umbrella (Webster). (A confusing misprint on page 398 in Bosman, 1928[2]], or an error in the original source, seems to suggest that the company would be doing a "the Comedietta, in two Acts, by D.Boucicault, Esq., A Lover by Proxy! or My Daughter Sir! (Planché)". Clearly they did two one-act farces, not a two-act farce by two authors!)
1850: Performed by Captain Hall's Company in the Garrison Theatre on Thursday 26 September, with The Sentinel (Morton) and Box and Cox (Morton).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9_bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Dion_Boucicault
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6662378M/A_lover_by_proxy
Robert Hogan, 1969. Dion Boucicault[3]: pp. 51-3.
Christopher Fitz-Simmon in the Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre edited by Colin Chambers[4]: p. 835.
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 398-9,
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