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''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' a novella by [[Charles Dickens]] (1812–1870)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens], a work often dramatized,  in  various languages and still performed regularly.
  
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=The original text=
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The novella was first published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845 (though the title page has 1846) and contained illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Henry Landseer.
  
 
=Translations and stage adaptations=
 
=Translations and stage adaptations=
  
It has been dramatized numerous times in various languages and was for a time more popular as a performed piece that ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.  
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An immediate success, the work saw no less than '''seventeen''' stage productions opening during the Christmas season of 1845. Only one had Dickens's approval and this one opened on the same day as the book's release. Dickens himself read the tale four times in public performance. For a time the novel was more popular as a performed piece than ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.  
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==Dramatized versions known to have been seen in South Africa==
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=== ''[[Dot]]'' by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] ===
  
Below are some of the dramatizations seen in South Africa.  
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An adaptation of the Dickens novella by Dion Boucicault, including a number of Shakespearian characters for example, it was licensed for Ben Webster at the Adelphi on 11 April 1859, but was first produced at the Winter Garden, New York, on September 14th, 1859. The London production only took place on 14 April 1862 in the Adelphi Theatre.
  
== ''[[Dot]]'' by Dion Boucicault ==
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Sometimes found with the title '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]'''''.
  
An adaptation of the Dickens novella by Dion Boucicault, including a number of Shakespearian characters for example, it was licensed for Ben Webster at the Adelphi on 11 April 1859, but was first produced at the Winter Garden, New York, on September 14th, 1859. The  London production only took place on 14 April 1862 in the Adelphi Theatre.
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==Performance history of the story in South Africa ==
  
Sometimes found with the title ''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''.
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1861: Performed as ''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Sefton Parry]] and company, on 3 June. This uncredited text may have been any of the seventeen done in 1845, probably not Boucicault's recently written version which only opened in London in 1862.
  
= Performance history in South Africa =
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1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 7 April, with ''[[Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder]]''  (Mathews).
  
1861: Performed as ''[[The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]] by [[Sefton Parry]] and company, on 3 June. This uncredited may have been Boucicault's version.  
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1875: Performed as '''''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]''''' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]'' (Morton)
  
1875: Performed as ''[[Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth]]'' (and credited to Boucicault) in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 9 April, with ''[[Aunt Charlotte's Maid]]''  (Morton)
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== Sources ==
  
= Sources =
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cricket_on_the_Hearth 
  
 
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/boucicault/pva231.html
 
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/boucicault/pva231.html
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https://www.nextory.se/bok/the-cricket-on-the-hearth-charles-dickens/9789176053881
 
https://www.nextory.se/bok/the-cricket-on-the-hearth-charles-dickens/9789176053881
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 323, 340, 363-4.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 97, 105, 323, 328, 333.
 
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:39, 14 September 2019

The Cricket on the Hearth a novella by Charles Dickens (1812–1870)[1], a work often dramatized, in various languages and still performed regularly.

The original text

The novella was first published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845 (though the title page has 1846) and contained illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin Henry Landseer.

Translations and stage adaptations

An immediate success, the work saw no less than seventeen stage productions opening during the Christmas season of 1845. Only one had Dickens's approval and this one opened on the same day as the book's release. Dickens himself read the tale four times in public performance. For a time the novel was more popular as a performed piece than A Christmas Carol.

Dramatized versions known to have been seen in South Africa

Dot by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[2]

An adaptation of the Dickens novella by Dion Boucicault, including a number of Shakespearian characters for example, it was licensed for Ben Webster at the Adelphi on 11 April 1859, but was first produced at the Winter Garden, New York, on September 14th, 1859. The London production only took place on 14 April 1862 in the Adelphi Theatre.

Sometimes found with the title Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth.

Performance history of the story in South Africa

1861: Performed as The Cricket on the Hearth in the Theatre Royal by Sefton Parry and company, on 3 June. This uncredited text may have been any of the seventeen done in 1845, probably not Boucicault's recently written version which only opened in London in 1862.

1875: Performed as Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth (and credited to Boucicault) in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 7 April, with Little Toddlekins, or The 48-Pounder (Mathews).

1875: Performed as Dot, or The Cricket on the Hearth (and credited to Boucicault) in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 9 April, with Aunt Charlotte's Maid (Morton)

Sources

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

http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/boucicault/pva231.html

https://www.nextory.se/bok/the-cricket-on-the-hearth-charles-dickens/9789176053881

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 97, 105, 323, 328, 333.

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