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| − | ''[[Time Tries All!]]'' is a domestic comedy in two acts by John | + | ''[[Time Tries All!]]'' is a domestic comedy in two acts by John Courtney (1804–1865)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Courtney_(playwright)] |
Also found as '''''[[Time Tries All]]''''' | Also found as '''''[[Time Tries All]]''''' | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1860: Performed as ''[[Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover]]'' | + | 1860: Performed as ''[[Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover]]'' on Monday, the 20th September on July 30 and August 1, by the [[Band of Amateurs]] of the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of [[J. M. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Leeson), [[F. Girton]] (Matthew Bates), [[W. Dansie]] (Hon. Augustus Collander Yawn), [[J. Mann]] (Charles Clinton), [[T. Patterson]] (John), [[J. Grennan]] (Laura Leeson), [[A. Vogado]] (Fanny Fact). Also performed was ''[[The Dead Shot]]'' (Buckstone). ''(See the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] for contemporaneous commentary on the performance.)'' |
| + | 1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 22 July, as afterpiece to ''[[Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin and the Little Girl who Lost her Sheep]]'' | ||
| − | + | 1864: Performed as ''[[Time Tries All]]'' by [[Thomas Brazier]], [[Mrs Brazier]] and local amateurs in the [[Theatre Royal]] on 12 December, as a farewell for the Braziers, who were leaving for Port Elizabeth. The evening also featured a performance of ''[[The Irish Post]]'' (Planché) and a farewell speech by Brazier. | |
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| + | 1870: Performed in the [[Institute Assembly Hall]], Cape Town, by The [[Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company]] on 24 and 28 May, with ''[[Found in a Four-Wheeler]]'' (Williams). | ||
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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. 98, 190, 275 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 98, 190, 275 | ||
| − | + | ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 1. January 1, 1860. | |
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:53, 30 June 2021
Time Tries All! is a domestic comedy in two acts by John Courtney (1804–1865)[1]
Also found as Time Tries All
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London on 4 September 1848, it attained great success around England, the colonies and in America between the 1850s and the 1880s.
The text was published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1848.
The original text
Translations and adaptations
A version was done in South Africa under the title Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover. This is the Courtney play and not the be confused with The Bashful Lover[2], the 1636 tragicomedy by Philip Massinger (1583–1640)[3]
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed as Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover on Monday, the 20th September on July 30 and August 1, by the Band of Amateurs of the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of J. M. M'Kechnie (Mr Leeson), F. Girton (Matthew Bates), W. Dansie (Hon. Augustus Collander Yawn), J. Mann (Charles Clinton), T. Patterson (John), J. Grennan (Laura Leeson), A. Vogado (Fanny Fact). Also performed was The Dead Shot (Buckstone). (See the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot for contemporaneous commentary on the performance.)
1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 22 July, as afterpiece to Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin and the Little Girl who Lost her Sheep
1864: Performed as Time Tries All by Thomas Brazier, Mrs Brazier and local amateurs in the Theatre Royal on 12 December, as a farewell for the Braziers, who were leaving for Port Elizabeth. The evening also featured a performance of The Irish Post (Planché) and a farewell speech by Brazier.
1870: Performed in the Institute Assembly Hall, Cape Town, by The Young Men's Institute and Club Dramatic Company on 24 and 28 May, with Found in a Four-Wheeler (Williams).
Sources
Transcribed version of the 1848 text by Lacy, Victorian Plays Project[4]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 98, 190, 275
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 1. January 1, 1860.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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