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1845: Performed in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 July by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Wandering Boys, or The Castle of Olival]]'' (Pixérécourt). | 1845: Performed in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 July by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Wandering Boys, or The Castle of Olival]]'' (Pixérécourt). | ||
| − | 1861: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Juvenile Amateurs]], assisted by [[Annie Rowlands]], with ''[[Chesterfield Thinskin]]'' (Maddox) and ''[[The Miller of Whetstone | + | 1861: Performed in Cape Town on 24 January by the [[Juvenile Amateurs]], assisted by [[Annie Rowlands]], with ''[[Chesterfield Thinskin]]'' (Maddox) and ''[[The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter]]'' (Wilks). The evening was billed as a "Farewell Performance" and the company was assisted by local celebrity actress [[Annie Rowlands]] |
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 413-4 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 413-4 | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.165 | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:27, 17 March 2021
The Queer Subject is one-act farce by Joseph Stirling Coyne[1] (1803-1868)
Contents
The original text
A farce about grave robbing, written in response to the Anatomy Act of 1832. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, November 1836; Publication Date: 1836
Translations and adaptations
Performances in South Africa
1845: Performed in the Roeland Street Theatre, Cape Town on 17 July by All the World's a Stage, as afterpiece to The Wandering Boys, or The Castle of Olival (Pixérécourt).
1861: Performed in Cape Town on 24 January by the Juvenile Amateurs, assisted by Annie Rowlands, with Chesterfield Thinskin (Maddox) and The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter (Wilks). The evening was billed as a "Farewell Performance" and the company was assisted by local celebrity actress Annie Rowlands
Sources
http://antiques.gift/the-queer-subject-a-farce-in-one-act_9577484.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
Celeste Louise Pottier, 2008. Bodies as Texts, Texts as Bodies: Corpses in Nineteenth-century British Literature[2]: p. 50.
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 413-4
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.165
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