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''[[Fitzobert's Dream]]'' is an interlude by Lance-Corporal [[W. Allan]].
  
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==The original text==
  
'''September 29, 1862:''' The above-mentioned plays were repeated, with the addition of an interlude prepared especially for this occasion by Lance-Corporal [[W. Allan]]. It was entitled '''''[[Fitzobert's Dream]]'''''. Cast: [[J. Davies]] (Lionel Fitzosbert), [[W. Allan]] (Oscar Fitzosbert), [[J. Griffin]] (Arthur, his son), [[A. Jameson]] and [[J. Grennan]] (two ghosts).
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The interlude was prepared especially for the [[Amateurs of the Band]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])in September 1862.  
  
1862: Performance of ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) repeated by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) on September 29, in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Keiskama Hoek, with the same cast a cast. The evening once more included comic songs by  [[J. M'Kechnie]], and the melodrama  ''[[The Eddystone Elf]]'' (Pitt). A new addition was ''[[Fitzobert's Dream]]'', an interlude prepared especially for this occasion by Lance-Corporal [[W. Allan]]. ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1862: Performed by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) on September 29, in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Keiskama Hoek, with a cast consisting of [[J. Davies]] (Lionel Fitzosbert), [[W. Allan]] (Oscar Fitzosbert), [[J. Griffin]] (Arthur, his son), [[A. Jameson]] and [[J. Grennan]] (two ghosts). The evening included ''[[The Eddystone Elf]]'' (Pitt), comic songs by  [[J. M'Kechnie]], and the farce ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton). ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''
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== Sources ==
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 06:53, 13 August 2018

Fitzobert's Dream is an interlude by Lance-Corporal W. Allan.

The original text

The interlude was prepared especially for the Amateurs of the Band (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)in September 1862.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed by the Amateurs of the Band (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) on September 29, in the Garrison Theatre, Keiskama Hoek, with a cast consisting of J. Davies (Lionel Fitzosbert), W. Allan (Oscar Fitzosbert), J. Griffin (Arthur, his son), A. Jameson and J. Grennan (two ghosts). The evening included The Eddystone Elf (Pitt), comic songs by J. M'Kechnie, and the farce Slasher and Crasher (Morton). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)

Sources

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page