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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August | + | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August, with ''[[The Mutiny at the Nore]]'' (Jerrold) and a "Great Comic ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'', sensation from the Crystal Palace". |
| − | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with ''[[Lilian Gervais]]'' (Barnett), a comic dance called ''[[Gocum and Lisbeth]]'' (Jerrold) and ''[[ | + | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with a ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Lilian Gervais]]'' (Barnett), and a comic dance called ''[[Gocum and Lisbeth]]'' (Jerrold). |
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| + | 1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on the 25th of August. This was part of a children's matinee, which also included a ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'' (Anon.), ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton) and ''[[The Dancing Scotchman]]'' (Flexmore and Auriol?). | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Facsimile version of the Ames edition of the text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069220678;view=1up;seq=1] | Facsimile version of the Ames edition of the text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069220678;view=1up;seq=1] | ||
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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. 211-212,215. | ||
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| + | [[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:37, 22 November 2020
On the Sly is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[1].
Also found as On the Sly!.
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on October 24 in 1864.
Published by Ames in Clyde, Ohio [186-?]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August, with The Mutiny at the Nore (Jerrold) and a "Great Comic Shadow Pantomime, sensation from the Crystal Palace".
1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with a Shadow Pantomime (Anon.), Lilian Gervais (Barnett), and a comic dance called Gocum and Lisbeth (Jerrold).
1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on the 25th of August. This was part of a children's matinee, which also included a Shadow Pantomime (Anon.), The Nervous Cures (Brown and Norton) and The Dancing Scotchman (Flexmore and Auriol?).
Sources
Facsimile version of the Ames edition of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 211-212,215.
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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