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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1859: Performed as ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 7 November, along with ''[[A Dreadful Deed]]'' ( | + | 1859: Performed as ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 7 November, along with ''[[Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady]]'' (Planché), ''[[A Dreadful Deed]]'' (Dubois) and a "Tambourine Dance" by [[Lizzie Powell]]. |
1860: Performed as as ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' 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 [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Hector Timid), [[W. Allen]] (Mr Wiseman), [[J. M. M'Kechnie]] (Captain Cannon), [[J. F. Gay]] (Frederick Thornton), [[T. Paterson]] (Williams, his friend), [[J. Mann]] (First Police Officer), [[T. Manion]] (Second police Officer), [[J. Davies]] (Louisa Lovetrick), [[J. Durney]] (Chatter, her maid). Also performed was ''[[Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover]]'' (Courtney). ''(See the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] for contemporaneous commentary on the performance.)'' | 1860: Performed as as ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' 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 [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Hector Timid), [[W. Allen]] (Mr Wiseman), [[J. M. M'Kechnie]] (Captain Cannon), [[J. F. Gay]] (Frederick Thornton), [[T. Paterson]] (Williams, his friend), [[J. Mann]] (First Police Officer), [[T. Manion]] (Second police Officer), [[J. Davies]] (Louisa Lovetrick), [[J. Durney]] (Chatter, her maid). Also performed was ''[[Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover]]'' (Courtney). ''(See the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] for contemporaneous commentary on the performance.)'' | ||
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1863: Performed as ''[[The Dead Shot]]'' by the officers of the [[10th Regiment]] in the garrison's theatre in King Williamstown, on the Eastern Cape border, during September. Also performed was ''[[The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale]]'' () | 1863: Performed as ''[[The Dead Shot]]'' by the officers of the [[10th Regiment]] in the garrison's theatre in King Williamstown, on the Eastern Cape border, during September. Also performed was ''[[The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale]]'' () | ||
| − | 1867: Performed as ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' by [[Madame Duret]] | + | 1867: Performed as ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] (now led by [[Madame Duret]] on her own), on 18 June in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with ''[[Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been]]'' (Mollan). |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Latest revision as of 05:49, 24 June 2020
The Dead Shot is a one act farce by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–1879)[1]
Originally published as The Dead Shot!. Also found advertised as A Dead Shot .
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Royal Adelphi Theatre, London, 1827. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1825?. Volume 505 of Lacy's acting editions.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed as A Dead Shot by Sefton Parry and his company in the Cape Town Theatre on 7 November, along with Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady (Planché), A Dreadful Deed (Dubois) and a "Tambourine Dance" by Lizzie Powell.
1860: Performed as as A Dead Shot 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 W. Dansie (Mr Hector Timid), W. Allen (Mr Wiseman), J. M. M'Kechnie (Captain Cannon), J. F. Gay (Frederick Thornton), T. Paterson (Williams, his friend), J. Mann (First Police Officer), T. Manion (Second police Officer), J. Davies (Louisa Lovetrick), J. Durney (Chatter, her maid). Also performed was Time Tries All, or The Bashful Lover (Courtney). (See the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot for contemporaneous commentary on the performance.)
1862: Performed as A Dead Shot by Sefton Parry and his company, on 2 May in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, a benefit for John Howard. Also performed was The Hunchback (Knowles).
1863: Performed as The Dead Shot by the officers of the 10th Regiment in the garrison's theatre in King Williamstown, on the Eastern Cape border, during September. Also performed was The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale ()
1867: Performed as A Dead Shot by the Le Roy-Duret Company (now led by Madame Duret on her own), on 18 June in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, with Governor von Brute, or Things as They Might Have Been (Mollan).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 112, 226, 298
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 1. January 1, 1860.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
Facsimile version of the Lacy text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
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