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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
| + | According tot the ''Remarks''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035135014;view=1up;seq=5] published in the W. V. Spencer edition (1855), the play was an adaptation from an unknown French play, and was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 10 November, 1834 with the title ''[[Agnes de Vere, or The Broken Heart]]'', the author playing "Oliver Dobbs". It became very popular in the USA, being performed in New York, Philadelphia and Boston from 1845 onwards, and in the British colonies (e.g. Australia and South Africa). | ||
| − | + | Published in Dick's series of play texts (as No 805) in 1836?, in Boston by W. V. Spencer, 1855 (No XXIII) and in New York by Samuel French in the same year, then again by Lacy (Volume cvi) in 1876. | |
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| − | Published in Dick's series of play texts (as No 805) in 1836?, in Boston by W. V. Spencer, 1855 (No XXIII) and in New York by Samuel French in the same year, then again by Lacy in 1876. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1859: Performed as ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 5 December. Billed as "a pathetic drama in Three Acts", with a Spanish dance as interlude and ''[[The Happy Man, or | + | 1859: Performed as ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] on 5 December. Billed as "a pathetic drama in Three Acts", with a Spanish dance as interlude and ''[[The Happy Man, or the Legend of -]]'' (Lover), a one act burlesque act. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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J. Francis, 1834, ''The Athenaeum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama'': January to December: p. viii[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=t6pHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR8&lpg=PR8&dq=Agnes+de+Vere,+or+The+Broken+Heart&source=bl&ots=0icq99e3js&sig=dnncwfxnx2whuBjxdAtj2xhTqho&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_2tzYutPVAhVmIcAKHYYcDuAQ6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=Agnes%20de%20Vere%2C%20or%20The%20Broken%20Heart&f=false] | J. Francis, 1834, ''The Athenaeum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama'': January to December: p. viii[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=t6pHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR8&lpg=PR8&dq=Agnes+de+Vere,+or+The+Broken+Heart&source=bl&ots=0icq99e3js&sig=dnncwfxnx2whuBjxdAtj2xhTqho&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_2tzYutPVAhVmIcAKHYYcDuAQ6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=Agnes%20de%20Vere%2C%20or%20The%20Broken%20Heart&f=false] | ||
| − | F.C. Westley, 1834. "The Theatres" in | + | F.C. Westley, 1834. "The Theatres" in ''The Spectator'', Volume 7: pp. 1085-6[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mzI_AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1085&lpg=PA1085&dq=Agnes+de+Vere,+or+The+Broken+Heart,&source=bl&ots=zdYKedReTe&sig=JBQ2P6vlgM2sEMit-nIOnKVP9Wc&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCi_6w6tPVAhUoJsAKHfOKCmkQ6AEILTAC#v=onepage&q=Agnes%20de%20Vere%2C%20or%20The%20Broken%20Heart%2C&f=false] |
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"Royal Victoria Theatre, This Evening June 10", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 10 Jun 1848: page 2. from ''The National Library of Australia''[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12904884] | "Royal Victoria Theatre, This Evening June 10", ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 10 Jun 1848: page 2. from ''The National Library of Australia''[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12904884] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:54, 14 August 2017
Agnes de Vere, or The Wife’s Revenge, is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
The play is referred to as Agnes de Vere, or The Broken Heart, Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge, or simply Agnes de Vere by some authors, but the published versions all have the given title above.
Contents
The original text
According tot the Remarks[2] published in the W. V. Spencer edition (1855), the play was an adaptation from an unknown French play, and was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 10 November, 1834 with the title Agnes de Vere, or The Broken Heart, the author playing "Oliver Dobbs". It became very popular in the USA, being performed in New York, Philadelphia and Boston from 1845 onwards, and in the British colonies (e.g. Australia and South Africa).
Published in Dick's series of play texts (as No 805) in 1836?, in Boston by W. V. Spencer, 1855 (No XXIII) and in New York by Samuel French in the same year, then again by Lacy (Volume cvi) in 1876.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed as Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge by Sefton Parry in the Harrington Street Theatre on 5 December. Billed as "a pathetic drama in Three Acts", with a Spanish dance as interlude and The Happy Man, or the Legend of - (Lover), a one act burlesque act.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
Facsimile version of the 1855 published text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[3]
Gilbert B. Cross. 1977. Next Week--East Lynne: Domestic Drama in Performance, 1820-1874. Bucknell University Press: p. 241.[4]
J. Francis, 1834, The Athenaeum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama: January to December: p. viii[5]
F.C. Westley, 1834. "The Theatres" in The Spectator, Volume 7: pp. 1085-6[6]
"Royal Victoria Theatre, This Evening June 10", The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 10 Jun 1848: page 2. from The National Library of Australia[7]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 78.
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