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| − | ''[[An Alarming Sacrifice]]'' is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[]. | + | ''[[An Alarming Sacrifice]]'' is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]. |
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| − | First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on July 12 1849 and published by the National Acting Drama Office in that year. | + | First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on July 12, 1849, and published by the National Acting Drama Office in that year. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1860: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] on 1 March in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] | + | 1860: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] on 1 March in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street with ''[[Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime]]'' (Stirling) and ''La Yolta Arragonaise'' (a dance by [[Lizzie Powell]]) as an interlude. |
| − | 1860: | + | 1860: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] on 22 March in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street with ''[[The Dream at Sea, or The Cornish Wheelers]]'' (Buckstone). |
| − | 1862: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] in Cape Town 18 March | + | 1861: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] on 21 October in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street with ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp]]''. |
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| + | 1862: Produced by [[Sefton Parry]] in Cape Town 18 March in the [[The Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street with the "grand Comic pantomime " of ''[[Jack the Giant-Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur and Queen of the Fairy Bees]]'' (Byron?). | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone | ||
Facsimile version of the 1849 published text, ''Hathi Trust Digital Library''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435053559696;view=1up;seq=7] | Facsimile version of the 1849 published text, ''Hathi Trust Digital Library''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435053559696;view=1up;seq=7] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:47, 13 May 2020
An Alarming Sacrifice is a farce in one act by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on July 12, 1849, and published by the National Acting Drama Office in that year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Produced by Sefton Parry on 1 March in the The Cape Town Theatre in Harrington Street with Jane Lomax, or A Mother's Crime (Stirling) and La Yolta Arragonaise (a dance by Lizzie Powell) as an interlude.
1860: Produced by Sefton Parry on 22 March in the The Cape Town Theatre in Harrington Street with The Dream at Sea, or The Cornish Wheelers (Buckstone).
1861: Produced by Sefton Parry on 21 October in the The Cape Town Theatre in Harrington Street with Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp.
1862: Produced by Sefton Parry in Cape Town 18 March in the The Cape Town Theatre in Harrington Street with the "grand Comic pantomime " of Jack the Giant-Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur and Queen of the Fairy Bees (Byron?).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
Facsimile version of the 1849 published text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 79, 99, 111.
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