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| − | 1862: Performed as ''[[Sudden Thoughts, or He Would Be a Gentleman]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry Company]] in the [[]], Cape Town, on 30 April, as part of a benefit evening for [[Sefton Parry]], presented under the patronage of [[Mr Duprat]] and the Officers of the Volunteers. Also performed were ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (Bayard and de Wailly/ | + | 1862: Performed as ''[[Sudden Thoughts, or He Would Be a Gentleman]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry Company]] in the [[]], Cape Town, on 30 April, as part of a benefit evening for [[Sefton Parry]], presented under the patronage of [[Mr Duprat]] and the Officers of the Volunteers. Also performed were ''[[The Serious Family]]'' (Bayard and de Wailly/Barnett), and voluntary presentations by members of [[Franklin's Circus]] (a "Highland Dance" by Miss [[M. Stevens]], [[Mrs Stevens]] and her two sons in their "Drawingroom Entertainment"). |
1864: Performed by the [[Juvenile Christy's Minstrels]] in the [[Mechanic's Institute]], Cape Town, in June, directed by a "[[Master Rowlands]]". | 1864: Performed by the [[Juvenile Christy's Minstrels]] in the [[Mechanic's Institute]], Cape Town, in June, directed by a "[[Master Rowlands]]". | ||
Revision as of 05:19, 17 June 2021
Sudden Thoughts is a farce in one act by Thomas Egerton Wilks (1812-1854)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the London Theatre, 1837 and at the National theatre, Boston, 1847. It made its debut in New York in 1850.
Published in London by Strange, 1837; New York, Turner and Fisher, 1837; New York, Samuel French, 1858.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as Sudden Thoughts, or He Would Be a Gentleman by the Sefton Parry Company in the [[]], Cape Town, on 30 April, as part of a benefit evening for Sefton Parry, presented under the patronage of Mr Duprat and the Officers of the Volunteers. Also performed were The Serious Family (Bayard and de Wailly/Barnett), and voluntary presentations by members of Franklin's Circus (a "Highland Dance" by Miss M. Stevens, Mrs Stevens and her two sons in their "Drawingroom Entertainment").
1864: Performed by the Juvenile Christy's Minstrels in the Mechanic's Institute, Cape Town, in June, directed by a "Master Rowlands".
Sources
https://www.worldcat.org/title/sudden-thoughts-an-original-farce-in-one-act/oclc/9265017
The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée, Volume 12: p. 220[2]
Facsimile version of the 1858 Samuel French text, HathiTrust Digital Library[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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