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| − | 1868: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, on 21 March, with ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]''. Music by the Regimental Band. | + | 1868: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, on 21 March, with ''[[Fortune's Frolic]]'' (Allingham). Music by the Regimental Band. |
| − | 1869: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] in the Garrison Theatre, Capoe Town, on 21 March, with ''[[A Day after the Fair]]''. Music by the Regimental Band and a song sung by [[R. Norcliffe]]. | + | 1869: Performed by the [[Lanarkshire Dramatic Club]] in the Garrison Theatre, Capoe Town, on 21 March, with ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset). Music by the Regimental Band and a song sung by [[R. Norcliffe]]. |
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Revision as of 07:09, 23 January 2019
The Sergeant's Wife is a drama in two acts by John Banim (1798-1842)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed in the English Opera House, London, on 24 July, 1827, and published in London by T.H. Lacy, [183-?] as of Lacy's Acting Edition No 335, the text said to have been "taken from the author's Tales of the O'Hara Family".
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 21 March, with Fortune's Frolic (Allingham). Music by the Regimental Band.
1869: Performed by the Lanarkshire Dramatic Club in the Garrison Theatre, Capoe Town, on 21 March, with A Day after the Fair (Somerset). Music by the Regimental Band and a song sung by R. Norcliffe.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original Lacy text, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banim
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 262, 264
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