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Revised and performed in New York as '''''[[Uncle Joe, or Fritz in a Madhouse]]''''' at the Fourteenth Street Theatre on 22 April, 1890. | Revised and performed in New York as '''''[[Uncle Joe, or Fritz in a Madhouse]]''''' at the Fourteenth Street Theatre on 22 April, 1890. | ||
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Could it have been the source for the silent film ''Running Wild''?[https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/runningwild/] | Could it have been the source for the silent film ''Running Wild''?[https://dennisschwartzreviews.com/runningwild/] | ||
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''The New York clipper annual''. 1890. Columbia University Libraries Digital Collections.[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5655288_002/pages/ldpd_5655288_002_00000007.html] | ''The New York clipper annual''. 1890. Columbia University Libraries Digital Collections.[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5655288_002/pages/ldpd_5655288_002_00000007.html] | ||
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:19, 17 April 2021
Run Wild is a play by E. Coffin (fl. 1880s).
Contents
The original text
Described as a "domestic comedy" it was first performed at the Strand Theatre, London, on 30 June, 1888
Translations and adaptations
Revised and performed in New York as Uncle Joe, or Fritz in a Madhouse at the Fourteenth Street Theatre on 22 April, 1890. and as Uncle Joe: or "Fritz in a Mad House" at the Olympic Theatre, St. Louis in the same year[1].
Could it have been the source for the silent film Running Wild?[2]
Performance history in South Africa
1894: Performed as Run Wild by the Arturo Bonamici and his company in the Opera House, Cape Town, toward the end of the year. featuring Jenny Lee and George Leopold (as "Mr Parker").
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: p.400
Allardyce Nicoll. 1959. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press. p. 440 [3]
The New York clipper annual. 1890. Columbia University Libraries Digital Collections.[4]
https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/292387
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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