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There are '''two''' English plays by this name from 1851, the Courtney version apparently used in South Africa, rather than the one by Higgie and Lacy. 
  
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==''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'' by John Courtney (1804-1865)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)]==
  
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It is also referred to as ''[[Belphegor the Itinerant]]'' in Courtney's biography[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)] and is also referred to as ''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank]]'' or simply ''[[Belphegor]]'' in sources.
  
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===The original text===
  
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''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'' is a play in four acts by  John Courtney (1804-1865)[], based on ''[[Paillasse]]'' of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier.  First produced at the Royal Surrey Theatre, on Monday, January 20, 1851 and published in Lacy's acting edition no 39. 
  
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''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'' : a drama in four acts / adapted from the French by J. Courtney.
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===Translations and adaptations===
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=== Performance history in South Africa ===
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1875: Performed as ''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank]]'' (ascribed to J. Courtney) in the [[Bijou Theatre ]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 23 September, as a benefit for [[Sutton Vane]], with ''[[A Regular Fix]]'' (Morton) and a dance by [[Miss Duggan]].
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1875: Performed as ''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre ]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 25 September, with ''[[Jessie Vere]]'' (Hazlewood).
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1876: Performed as ''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank]]'' in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 31 October, with ''[[Whitebait at Greenwich]]'' ().
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1877: Performed as ''[[Belphegor]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 19 November. [[F.C.L. Bosman]], (1890:p. 363), suggests this was Webster's version, though it is far more likely to have been the same Courtney text used by the Cape Town company in 1875-1876.
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==''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'' by Thomas Higgie (1808?-1893) and Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873)==
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Also found as  ''[[Belphegor, the Buffoon, or The Robbers of the Revolution]]'' and often referred to simply as ''[[Belphegor]]'' in sources.
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===The original text===
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''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'' a romantic and domestic drama in three acts by Thomas Higgie (1808?-1893) and
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Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873), based on ''[[Paillasse]]'' of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier. First performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, January 27, 1851 and published in London by T.H. Lacy, 1851.
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In some Duncombe's acting edition of the British theatre (no 530) the Higgie and Lacy text, as performed at the Victoria Theatre in 1851, is called ''[[Belphegor, the Buffoon, or The Robbers of the Revolution]]'', but now ascribed to Higgie alone.
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===Translations and adaptations===
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=== Performance history in South Africa ===
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== Sources ==
  
 
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5612165
 
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5612165
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https://www.amazon.fr/Paillasse-%C3%A9preuves-Belph%C3%A9gor-Adolphe-dEnnery/dp/B0068FAC9A
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Facsimile version of the original Le Long text for ''[[Paillasse]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=tkIUAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''History of English Drama 1660-1900''[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nEilDfLnCSQC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Belphegor,+or+The+Mountebank+by+J+Courtney&source=bl&ots=Bg0oG3nv05&sig=ibu3vdXd9PSQ0pXJ0rX_tk57p6Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjl_b3RpqfaAhWhKMAKHQTIB1QQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=Belphegor%2C%20or%20The%20Mountebank%20by%20J%20Courtney&f=false]
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Facsimile version of the original Dondey-Dupré text for ''[[Paillasse]]''[urn:nbn:de:bvb:824-dtl-0000130953]
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/belphegor-the-mountebank-or-womans-constancy-a-drama-in-three-acts/oclc/15014227/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011540171
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Facsimile version of the original text for the Higgie 3 act version of ''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]'', The HathiTrust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044050684018;view=1up;seq=10]
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Transcript version of the original text for Courtney 4 act version of ''[[Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife]]''[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/assets/docs/pdf/Vol3ixBelphegor.pdf]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/belphegor-or-the-mountebank-and-his-wife-a-romantic-and-domestic-drama-in-three-acts/oclc/24495274
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Alfred Harbage, Sylvia S. Wagonheim. 1989. ''Annals of English Drama, 975-1700. Psychology Press: p. 369[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NL4X5uzf26wC&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=belphegor+a+play+by+b.+webster&source=bl&ots=XxS3-tZCxX&sig=mErXWLYJtOljOKWp3j6lyRhoUf0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi16P_a16TaAhWIKcAKHRZnDMY4ChDoAQgnMAA#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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Frederick Wilse Bateson (Ed.). 1940 ''The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature'', Volumes 1-5
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CUP Archive[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Uak8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA597&lpg=PA597&dq=belphegor+a+play+by+b.+webster&source=bl&ots=A3RX8qv6Qz&sig=hJeBJ6hivvwWHnjhcaXQotYOSOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiPrNaPz6TaAhXKAMAKHZ8zDyMQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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Hambleton Theatrical Collection, 1790-1941[http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/ms-3099-hambleton-theatrical-collection-1790-1941]
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[[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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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 06:41, 21 March 2021

There are two English plays by this name from 1851, the Courtney version apparently used in South Africa, rather than the one by Higgie and Lacy.

Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife by John Courtney (1804-1865)[1]

It is also referred to as Belphegor the Itinerant in Courtney's biography[2] and is also referred to as Belphegor, or The Mountebank or simply Belphegor in sources.

The original text

Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife is a play in four acts by John Courtney (1804-1865)[], based on Paillasse of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier. First produced at the Royal Surrey Theatre, on Monday, January 20, 1851 and published in Lacy's acting edition no 39.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Performed as Belphegor, or The Mountebank (ascribed to J. Courtney) in the Bijou Theatre , Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 23 September, as a benefit for Sutton Vane, with A Regular Fix (Morton) and a dance by Miss Duggan.

1875: Performed as Belphegor, or The Mountebank in the Bijou Theatre , Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 25 September, with Jessie Vere (Hazlewood).

1876: Performed as Belphegor, or The Mountebank in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 31 October, with Whitebait at Greenwich ().

1877: Performed as Belphegor in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 19 November. F.C.L. Bosman, (1890:p. 363), suggests this was Webster's version, though it is far more likely to have been the same Courtney text used by the Cape Town company in 1875-1876.

Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife by Thomas Higgie (1808?-1893) and Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873)

Also found as Belphegor, the Buffoon, or The Robbers of the Revolution and often referred to simply as Belphegor in sources.

The original text

Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife a romantic and domestic drama in three acts by Thomas Higgie (1808?-1893) and Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873), based on Paillasse of Adolphe d' Ennery and Marc Fournier. First performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, January 27, 1851 and published in London by T.H. Lacy, 1851.

In some Duncombe's acting edition of the British theatre (no 530) the Higgie and Lacy text, as performed at the Victoria Theatre in 1851, is called Belphegor, the Buffoon, or The Robbers of the Revolution, but now ascribed to Higgie alone.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5612165

https://www.amazon.fr/Paillasse-%C3%A9preuves-Belph%C3%A9gor-Adolphe-dEnnery/dp/B0068FAC9A

Facsimile version of the original Le Long text for Paillasse, Google E-book[3]

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. History of English Drama 1660-1900[4]

Facsimile version of the original Dondey-Dupré text for Paillasse[5]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/belphegor-the-mountebank-or-womans-constancy-a-drama-in-three-acts/oclc/15014227/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011540171

Facsimile version of the original text for the Higgie 3 act version of Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife, The HathiTrust Digital Library[6]

Transcript version of the original text for Courtney 4 act version of Belphegor, or The Mountebank and His Wife[7]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)

http://www.worldcat.org/title/belphegor-or-the-mountebank-and-his-wife-a-romantic-and-domestic-drama-in-three-acts/oclc/24495274

Alfred Harbage, Sylvia S. Wagonheim. 1989. Annals of English Drama, 975-1700. Psychology Press: p. 369[8]

Frederick Wilse Bateson (Ed.). 1940 The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volumes 1-5 CUP Archive[9]

Hambleton Theatrical Collection, 1790-1941[10]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

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