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| + | Probably a dance piece created by [[Mr Luin]] and [[Harry Burton]] for performance as an interlude during productions by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company, of which they were members. | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:39, 21 February 2020
Gocum and Lisbeth was a comic dance by Mr Luin and Harry Burton.
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The original text
Probably a dance piece created by Mr Luin and Harry Burton for performance as an interlude during productions by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company, of which they were members.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed by Mr Luin and Harry Burton of the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 19 July, as part of "Grand Masonic Bespeak" under the patronage of both the Dutch and English lodges. Also performed were The Soldier's Daughter (Cherry) and 'Tis She, or Maid, Wife and Widow (Anon.).
1866: Performed by Mr Luin and Harry Burton of 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 Shadow Pantomime (Anon.) and On the Sly (Morton).== Sources ==
Sources
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 1932. (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.211-212
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