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1876: Performed as ''[[The Flowers of the Forest]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 8 June, with ''[[Brown and the Brahmins]]'' (Reece). | 1876: Performed as ''[[The Flowers of the Forest]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 8 June, with ''[[Brown and the Brahmins]]'' (Reece). | ||
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The Flowers of the Forest: A Gypsy Story is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–79)[1].
Also found simply as The Flowers of the Forest
Contents
The original text
A play about the trial of an innocent gentleman, Alfred, for a murder that was really committed by a Gypsy boy, Lemuel.First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1847 and at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston, in 1849 and The Bowery Theatre, 1852. Published by ** in London, 1847 and in New York by Samuel French in 1855(?)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as The Flowers of the Forest by the Le Roy & Duret company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town (and probably on tour in the Eastern Province), with Easy Shaving (Burnand and Williams).
1876: Performed as The Flowers of the Forest by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 8 June, with Brown and the Brahmins (Reece).
1885: Performed as The Flowers of the Forest in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced by Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler during the course of the year.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of 1855(?)[2]
https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/img011c.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 381
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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