Difference between revisions of "On the Sly"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August | + | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August, with ''[[The Mutiny at the Nore]]'' (Jerrold) and a "Great Comic ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'', sensation from the Crystal Palace". |
| − | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with ''[[Lilian Gervais]]'' (Barnett), a comic dance called ''[[Gocum and Lisbeth]]'' (Jerrold | + | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with a ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Lilian Gervais]]'' (Barnett), and a comic dance called ''[[Gocum and Lisbeth]]'' (Jerrold). |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 28 May 2019
On the Sly is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[1].
Also found as On the Sly!.
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on October 24 in 1864.
Published by Ames in Clyde, Ohio [186-?]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August, with The Mutiny at the Nore (Jerrold) and a "Great Comic Shadow Pantomime, sensation from the Crystal Palace".
1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with a Shadow Pantomime (Anon.), Lilian Gervais (Barnett), and a comic dance called Gocum and Lisbeth (Jerrold).
Sources
Facsimile version of the Ames edition of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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