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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | 1862: According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, it was probably the play performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, as ''[[The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 2 April, as part of a benefit for [[Samuel Wolfe]]. It accompanied a play billed/listed(?) as ''[[The Creole, or Love Letters]]'' (Brookes). | ||
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| + | 1863: Performed as ''[[The Goose with the Golden Eggs ]]'' in the newly refurbished [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town, on 28 and 29 December, along with "a Grand Christmas Pantomime" called ''[[King Alfred the Great, or The Magic Banjo and the Mystic Raven]]''. | ||
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| + | 1876: Performed as ''[[The Goose with the Golden Eggs ]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 13 July, with ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' (Shakespeare). | ||
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| + | 1877: Performed as ''[[The Goose with the Golden Eggs ]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 August, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood). | ||
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| + | 1878: Performed as ''[[The Goose with the Golden Eggs ]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Good Hope Gardens]], Cape Town, as part of a "Grand Gala Night" on 23 January, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood). | ||
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| + | 1878: Performed as ''[[The Goose with the Golden Eggs ]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 26, 28 and 29 January, with ''[[The Flying Scud, or A Four-legged Fortune]]'' (Boucicault). | ||
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Facsimile version of the 1859 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086856705;view=1up;seq=12] | Facsimile version of the 1859 edition by [[Samuel French]], [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044086856705;view=1up;seq=12] | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 111, 255, 341, 359, 365. |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:54, 25 February 2020
The Goose with the Golden Eggs is a farce in one act by Augustus Mayhew (1826-1875) and Henry Sutherland Edwards (1828-1906).
Contents
The original text
First performed at The Strand Theatre, London, on 1 September, 1859.
Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy as Lacy's acting edition no 654 and by Samuel French in 1859 and in Chicago by the Dramatic Publishing Company
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: According to Bosman, 1980, it was probably the play performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs by the Sefton Parry company on 2 April, as part of a benefit for Samuel Wolfe. It accompanied a play billed/listed(?) as The Creole, or Love Letters (Brookes).
1863: Performed as The Goose with the Golden Eggs in the newly refurbished Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 28 and 29 December, along with "a Grand Christmas Pantomime" called King Alfred the Great, or The Magic Banjo and the Mystic Raven.
1876: Performed as The Goose with the Golden Eggs by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 13 July, with The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare).
1877: Performed as The Goose with the Golden Eggs by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 8 August, with East Lynne (Wood).
1878: Performed as The Goose with the Golden Eggs by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Good Hope Gardens, Cape Town, as part of a "Grand Gala Night" on 23 January, with East Lynne (Wood).
1878: Performed as The Goose with the Golden Eggs by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 26, 28 and 29 January, with The Flying Scud, or A Four-legged Fortune (Boucicault).
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1859 edition by Samuel French, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 111, 255, 341, 359, 365.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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