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''[[Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond]]'' is an Irish comedy in two acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault]. | ''[[Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond]]'' is an Irish comedy in two acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault]. | ||
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| + | Sometimes found simply as ''[[Andy Blake]]''. | ||
==The original text == | ==The original text == | ||
| − | + | Said to have been founded either on the novel ''[[Le Gamin de Paris, ou L'enfant de Geneviève]]'' by Mme Fanny Richomme ... Paris [1837]" or on the dramatized version by Jean-François Alfred Bayard (1796-1853)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayard]and Louis-Émile Vanderburch (1794-1862)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-%C3%89mile_Vanderburch], first performed 30 January 1836 at the Theatré de la Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, as ''[[Le Gamin de Paris]]'', a "[[comédie-vaudeville]] in 2 acts. The text published by Marchant in 1836. | |
| + | Boucicault drew the plot from one or both of these works, but then turned the material into a virtually original Irish play. | ||
| − | + | First performed in the USA as ''[[Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond]]'' on March 1,1854, at the Boston Museum, with Agnes Robinson in the leading role of the boy. Published as ''[[Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond]]'' in New York by Samuel French, 1858. (No 110 of French's Minor Drama) and in London by John Dicks, [ca. 1860?] Dicks' standard plays ; no. 556 | |
| − | Afterwards called ''[[The Dublin Boy]]'' or ''[[The Irish Boy]]'' and performed as ''[[The Dublin Boy]]'' in London, 1862. | + | Afterwards called ''[[The Dublin Boy]]'' or ''[[The Irish Boy]]'' and performed as ''[[The Dublin Boy]]'' in London, 10 February, 1862. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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1878: Performed on 3 April in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with [[Constance Young]] in the cast. Also played was ''[[Adrift]]''. | 1878: Performed on 3 April in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with [[Constance Young]] in the cast. Also played was ''[[Adrift]]''. | ||
| − | 1878: Repeated on 4 April in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company. Also played was ''[[British Born]]''. | + | 1878: Repeated on 4 April in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company. Also played was ''[[British Born]]'' (Meritt and Pettitt). |
| − | 1878: Performed on 15 July in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company. Also played was ''[[Heroes]]'' (Edwardes). This evening a "Grand Comlimentary Benefit for Captain Roebuck". | + | 1878: Performed on 15 July in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company. Also played was ''[[Heroes]]'' (Edwardes). This evening a "Grand Comlimentary Benefit for Captain Roebuck". |
| + | == Sources == | ||
| − | + | Facsimile version of the original French novel, Gallica[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64919128/f10.image] | |
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| + | Facsimile version of the original French play, Gallica[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k8891672] | ||
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| + | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayard | ||
| − | + | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-%C3%89mile_Vanderburch | |
| − | Facsimile version of the 1857 edition, Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/adj0790.0001.001.umich.edu] | + | Facsimile version of the 1857 edition of the English play, Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/adj0790.0001.001.umich.edu] |
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Boucicault,_Dion_(DNB01) | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Boucicault,_Dion_(DNB01) | ||
Latest revision as of 05:42, 16 May 2018
Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond is an Irish comedy in two acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[1].
Sometimes found simply as Andy Blake.
Contents
The original text
Said to have been founded either on the novel Le Gamin de Paris, ou L'enfant de Geneviève by Mme Fanny Richomme ... Paris [1837]" or on the dramatized version by Jean-François Alfred Bayard (1796-1853)[2]and Louis-Émile Vanderburch (1794-1862)[3], first performed 30 January 1836 at the Theatré de la Gymnase-Dramatique, Paris, as Le Gamin de Paris, a "comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts. The text published by Marchant in 1836.
Boucicault drew the plot from one or both of these works, but then turned the material into a virtually original Irish play.
First performed in the USA as Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond on March 1,1854, at the Boston Museum, with Agnes Robinson in the leading role of the boy. Published as Andy Blake, or The Irish Diamond in New York by Samuel French, 1858. (No 110 of French's Minor Drama) and in London by John Dicks, [ca. 1860?] Dicks' standard plays ; no. 556
Afterwards called The Dublin Boy or The Irish Boy and performed as The Dublin Boy in London, 10 February, 1862.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed on 3 April in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company, with Constance Young in the cast. Also played was Adrift.
1878: Repeated on 4 April in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company. Also played was British Born (Meritt and Pettitt).
1878: Performed on 15 July in the Theatre Royal in Cape Town by the Disney Roebuck company. Also played was Heroes (Edwardes). This evening a "Grand Comlimentary Benefit for Captain Roebuck".
Sources
Facsimile version of the original French novel, Gallica[4]
Facsimile version of the original French play, Gallica[5]
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Bayard
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-%C3%89mile_Vanderburch
Facsimile version of the 1857 edition of the English play, Internet Archive[6]
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Boucicault,_Dion_(DNB01)
Robert Hogan. 1969. Dion Boucicault. New York: Twayne Publishers: pp 81-82[7]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 367, 371.
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