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| + | [[The Dancing Scotchman]] is the name of a dramatized dance performance or ballet created by Richard Flexmore (1824-1860) and [[Francesca Auriol]] (). | ||
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| − | + | Created, choreographed and danced by the performers Richard Flexmore (1824-1860) and Francesca Auriol () in London in 1854. | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1866: A "new and interesting ballet" called ''[[The Dancing Scotchman, or Love in all Corners]]'' was performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, as afterpiece to a performance of ''[[Retribution]]'' (Taylor). | + | 1866: A "new and interesting ballet" called ''[[The Dancing Scotchman, or Love in all Corners]]'' was performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, as afterpiece to a performance of ''[[Retribution]]'' (Taylor). It was most probably a work created by members of the company, based on the earlier work. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 06:31, 27 May 2019
The Dancing Scotchman is the name of a dramatized dance performance or ballet created by Richard Flexmore (1824-1860) and Francesca Auriol ().
Contents
The original text
Created, choreographed and danced by the performers Richard Flexmore (1824-1860) and Francesca Auriol () in London in 1854.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: A "new and interesting ballet" called The Dancing Scotchman, or Love in all Corners was performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, as afterpiece to a performance of Retribution (Taylor). It was most probably a work created by members of the company, based on the earlier work.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 111, 115
Allan Stuart Jackson. 1993. The Standard Theatre of Victorian England. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press: p. 118[1]
