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''[[Mischief-making]]''  is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[]
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''[[Mischief-making]]''  is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]
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Also found as '''''[[Mischiefmaking]]''''' in some sources.
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
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First performed at the Surrey Theatre and the Adelphi Theatre , London, in 1830.
  
Published in Lacy's acting edition by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]], 1868  
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Published in Lacy's acting edition by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]], 1868
 
 
 
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, with a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[Leffler]] and as ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead). The latter piece apparently caused some consternation and resistance among Cape Town citizens because of its perceived "licentiousness", in the text and the vulgarity of the performances.
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1861: Performed as ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, as an afterpiece to ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead), with a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[James Leffler]].
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1861: Performed  as ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' by the company of [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 23 May, with ''[[The Stranger]]'' (Kotzebue/Thompson and Sheridan).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
  
 
Facsimile version of the 1868 Lacy text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112044387196&view=1up&seq=7]
 
Facsimile version of the 1868 Lacy text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112044387196&view=1up&seq=7]
  
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
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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.97.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 04:09, 16 June 2021

Mischief-making is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1]

Also found as Mischiefmaking in some sources.

The original text

First performed at the Surrey Theatre and the Adelphi Theatre , London, in 1830.

Published in Lacy's acting edition by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1868

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed as Mischiefmaking by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 18 May, as an afterpiece to Giralda, or The Invisible Husband (ascribed to Welstead), with a dance (Pas de Matlots) by Miss Powell, a popular ballad sung by James Leffler.

1861: Performed as Mischiefmaking by the company of Sefton Parry in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 23 May, with The Stranger (Kotzebue/Thompson and Sheridan).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1868 Lacy text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.97.

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