Difference between revisions of "Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover"
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| − | 1865: Performed by the [[Valorous Amateurs]] (amateur players from H.M.S. ''Valorous'') in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 November, with ''[[Ben Bolt]]'' (Johnstone) and ''[[Betsy Baker]]'' (Morton). | + | 1865: Performed as ''[[Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover]]'' by the [[Valorous Amateurs]] (amateur players from H.M.S. ''Valorous'') in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 November, with ''[[Ben Bolt]]'' (Johnstone) and ''[[Betsy Baker]]'' (Morton). |
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Revision as of 16:45, 9 April 2018
Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover is a romantic drama in two acts by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[].
Also found with the full title Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover, or The Fayre Lass of Lichfield.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Surry Theatre, London, 1839 and the Federal Street Theatre in Boston, 1849
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed as Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover by the Valorous Amateurs (amateur players from H.M.S. Valorous) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town on 17 November, with Ben Bolt (Johnstone) and Betsy Baker (Morton).
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012436004
Facsimile version of Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover, or The Fayre Lass of Lichfield, Samuel French 1859 edition, Hathi Trust Digital Archive[].
Facsimile version of the American edition of Michael Erle, the Maniac Lover by T.S. Denison, Chicago, Hathi Trust Digital Archive[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 1,
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