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1861: Performed by the [[Officers of the Regiment]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) as ''[[Urgent Private Affairs]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Grahamstown on 5, 11 and 19 April, with ''[[Don't Judge by Appearances]]'' (Morton) and''[[ A Night at Notting Hill]]'' (Yates and Harrington). Regarding the plays, the ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' reports that: "In the bills, some of the performers appeared under fictitious names, which are alluded to by our correspondent in his letter. So, for the enlightenment of our readers, we give the assumed as well as the real name in our copy of the cast of characters." (In curly brackets) The cast of the Coyne play were: [[C. A. Armstrong]] Esq. (Mr Dentatus Dotts, dentist and loyal Hammersmith Volunteer), [[J. D. Power]] Esq. (Major Polkinghorne, of the same gallant corps), [[O. H. Strong]] Esq. (Bagshaw, a solicitor), Colour-Sergeant [[F. Edwards]] (Joe Jumballs, a confectioner's shopman), Miss Pauline Davies {Corporal [[J. Davies]]} (Mrs Dentatus Dotts), Miss Blanche De Moultrie (Mrs Polkinghorne), Miss Durney {Private [[J. Durney]]}, Miss Darney {Private [[J. Darney]] (Sally Vokins). ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])'' | 1861: Performed by the [[Officers of the Regiment]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) as ''[[Urgent Private Affairs]]'' in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Grahamstown on 5, 11 and 19 April, with ''[[Don't Judge by Appearances]]'' (Morton) and''[[ A Night at Notting Hill]]'' (Yates and Harrington). Regarding the plays, the ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' reports that: "In the bills, some of the performers appeared under fictitious names, which are alluded to by our correspondent in his letter. So, for the enlightenment of our readers, we give the assumed as well as the real name in our copy of the cast of characters." (In curly brackets) The cast of the Coyne play were: [[C. A. Armstrong]] Esq. (Mr Dentatus Dotts, dentist and loyal Hammersmith Volunteer), [[J. D. Power]] Esq. (Major Polkinghorne, of the same gallant corps), [[O. H. Strong]] Esq. (Bagshaw, a solicitor), Colour-Sergeant [[F. Edwards]] (Joe Jumballs, a confectioner's shopman), Miss Pauline Davies {Corporal [[J. Davies]]} (Mrs Dentatus Dotts), Miss Blanche De Moultrie (Mrs Polkinghorne), Miss Durney {Private [[J. Durney]]}, Miss Darney {Private [[J. Darney]] (Sally Vokins). ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])'' | ||
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Revision as of 06:10, 5 June 2021
Urgent Private Affairs is a play by Joseph S. Coyne (1803-1868)[1].
Also known as Urgent Private Affairs, or The Loyal Volunteers
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 7 January 1856. Published as Volume 24 van Lacy's acting edition by T.H. Lacy, London, in 1856.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1858: Performed at the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club as Urgent Private Affairs, or The Loyal Volunteers on 2 July, with Plot and Passion, or The Female Gambler (Taylor and Lang).
1861: Performed by the Officers of the Regiment (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) as Urgent Private Affairs in the Garrison Theatre, Grahamstown on 5, 11 and 19 April, with Don't Judge by Appearances (Morton) andA Night at Notting Hill (Yates and Harrington). Regarding the plays, the North Lincoln Sphinx reports that: "In the bills, some of the performers appeared under fictitious names, which are alluded to by our correspondent in his letter. So, for the enlightenment of our readers, we give the assumed as well as the real name in our copy of the cast of characters." (In curly brackets) The cast of the Coyne play were: C. A. Armstrong Esq. (Mr Dentatus Dotts, dentist and loyal Hammersmith Volunteer), J. D. Power Esq. (Major Polkinghorne, of the same gallant corps), O. H. Strong Esq. (Bagshaw, a solicitor), Colour-Sergeant F. Edwards (Joe Jumballs, a confectioner's shopman), Miss Pauline Davies {Corporal J. Davies} (Mrs Dentatus Dotts), Miss Blanche De Moultrie (Mrs Polkinghorne), Miss Durney {Private J. Durney}, Miss Darney {Private J. Darney (Sally Vokins). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
1865: Performed in the Theatre Royal in Burg Street, Cape Town, on 30 January by the officers and men of the 1st Battalion of the 10th Regiment, with The Spectre Bridegroom (Coyne) and Slasher and Crasher (Morton), interspersed with comic songs.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
Facsimile version of the Lacy edition of 1856, The Internet Archive[2]
The Adephi Theatre Project, 1856[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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