Difference between revisions of "The Octoroon"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Tag: New redirect
 
(25 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
''[[The Octoroon]]'' is a melodrama by Dion Boucicault.
+
#REDIRECT [[The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana]]
 
 
Also known as ''[[The Octoroon, or Life in Louisiana]]''.
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
A melodrama about a half-caste, it was written in 1859, it was first??*
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
186: Performed by "[[Le Roy's Original Company]]" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town on 11 February, with ''[[An April Fool]]'' (Halliday and Brough).
 
 
 
1867: Performed by "[[Le Roy's Original Company]]" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town on 11 February, with ''[[An April Fool]]'' (Halliday and Brough).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1876: Produced in South Africa by [[Disney Roebuck]] on May 6, 1876, as the opening production of his [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
''World Drama'', by Allardyce Nicoll.
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.221
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
== Return to ==
 
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
 
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
 
 
 
Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
 
 
 
Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 
 
 
Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 
 
 
Return to [[Main Page]]
 

Latest revision as of 06:18, 11 November 2020