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| − | ''[[A Desperate Game]]'' is a | + | ''[[A Desperate Game]]'' is a comic drama, in one act, by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton] |
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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
| − | + | First performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, on the 9th April 1853. Published in London by [[T.H. Lacy]]/[[Samuel French]] in 1853(?). | |
| − | == | + | == Performance history in South Africa == |
| − | + | 1862: Performed by the Mrs [[Clara Tellet]] and company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 30 June, with ''[[The Prima Donna]]'' (Boucicault) and a "Medley Dance" by [[Mrs Brazier]]. | |
| − | 1864: Performed by the [[Juvenile Christy's Minstrels]] in the [[ | + | 1864: Performed by the [[Juvenile Christy's Minstrels]] in the [[The Mechanics' Institute]], Cape Town, in July, with lead played by [[Master Williams]] and [[Miss Lytton]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | [[The | + | Facsimile version of the original Lacy text, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035136350;view=1up;seq=1] |
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| + | [[The Online Books Page]], Online Books by John Maddison Morton[http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Morton%2C%20John%20Maddison%2C%201811%2D1891] | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 268-9 | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 131, 268-9 |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:07, 22 August 2019
A Desperate Game is a comic drama, in one act, by John Maddison Morton (1811-1891)[1]
The original text
First performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, on the 9th April 1853. Published in London by T.H. Lacy/Samuel French in 1853(?).
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed by the Mrs Clara Tellet and company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 30 June, with The Prima Donna (Boucicault) and a "Medley Dance" by Mrs Brazier.
1864: Performed by the Juvenile Christy's Minstrels in the The Mechanics' Institute, Cape Town, in July, with lead played by Master Williams and Miss Lytton.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original Lacy text, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
The Online Books Page, Online Books by John Maddison Morton[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 131, 268-9
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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