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| − | ''[[Nothing Venture, Nothing Win]]'' is a comic drama in two acts by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[]. | + | ''[[Nothing Venture, Nothing Win]]'' is a comic drama in two acts by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne]. |
Sometimes advertised as '''''[[Never Venture, Never Win]]''''' by producers/press? (See [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: note 227 on p. 231). | Sometimes advertised as '''''[[Never Venture, Never Win]]''''' by producers/press? (See [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: note 227 on p. 231). | ||
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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
| − | First performed at The Strand Theatre, London, on 5 April, 1858 and published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year. | + | First performed at The Strand Theatre, London, on 5 April, 1858 and published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the same year. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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1859: Performed by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 September, as prelude to ''[[Electra, or A New Electrical Light]]'' (Talfourd). | 1859: Performed by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 7 September, as prelude to ''[[Electra, or A New Electrical Light]]'' (Talfourd). | ||
| − | 1868: A play called ''[[Never Venture, Never Win]]'' is performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in [[ | + | 1868: A play called ''[[Never Venture, Never Win]]'' is performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 1 January as afterpiece to ''[[Harlequin Prince Perseus, or The Maid and the Monster]]'' (Anon.) |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
| − | Facsimile version of the 1858 edition by T.H. Lacy, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VthUAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] | + | Facsimile version of the 1858 edition by [[T.H. Lacy]], Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=VthUAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] |
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.144-5, 231 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.144-5, 231 | ||
Latest revision as of 06:04, 3 November 2020
Nothing Venture, Nothing Win is a comic drama in two acts by Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-1868)[1].
Sometimes advertised as Never Venture, Never Win by producers/press? (See F.C.L. Bosman, 1980: note 227 on p. 231).
Contents
The original text
First performed at The Strand Theatre, London, on 5 April, 1858 and published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1858: Performed by the Cape Town Dramatic Club (and "several amateur gentlemen") in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 7 October, with Bombastes Furioso! (Rhodes). A benefit for the Eastern City.
1859: Performed by the Cape Town Dramatic Club in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 7 September, as prelude to Electra, or A New Electrical Light (Talfourd).
1868: A play called Never Venture, Never Win is performed by the Le Roy and Duret Company in Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 1 January as afterpiece to Harlequin Prince Perseus, or The Maid and the Monster (Anon.)
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1858 edition by T.H. Lacy, Google E-book[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.144-5, 231
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