Difference between revisions of "Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Curse"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1860: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] on 1 March in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street as ''[[Jane Lomax]]'', with ''[[An Alarming Sacrifice]]'' (Buckstone) and ''La Yolta Arragonaise'' (a dance by [[Lizzie Powell]]) as interlude. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 04:35, 13 May 2020
Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Curse is melodrama by Edward Stirling (1807-1894)[]
Also found, in some productions and sources as Jane Lomax, or The Mother's Crime; Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime; or simply as Jane Lomax.
Contents
The original text
Based on Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime, the sensational 1838 novel by Horace Smith, it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London ), 4 Feb 1839 - 23 Feb 1839.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Produced as Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime by Sefton Parry on 23 February in the The Cape Town Theatre in Harrington Street , with An Alarming Sacrifice (Buckstone) and La Yolta Arragonaise (a dance by Lizzie Powell) as interlude.
1860: Produced by Sefton Parry on 1 March in the The Cape Town Theatre in Harrington Street as Jane Lomax, with An Alarming Sacrifice (Buckstone) and La Yolta Arragonaise (a dance by Lizzie Powell) as interlude.
Sources
Facsimile version of the novel, Google E-book[1]
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html
https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/msti.htm
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.78-9, 87-8.
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