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| − | A play about a fanatical Welsh clergyman named Judah Llewellyn who falls in love with a young girl called Vashti Dethic, who - urged by her father - has persuaded people she can cure them through fasting and faith-healing. | + | A play about a fanatical Welsh clergyman named "Judah Llewellyn" who falls in love with a young girl called "Vashti Dethic", who - urged by her father - has persuaded people she can cure them through fasting and faith-healing. |
First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 21 May, 1890 and published by Macmillan and Company in 1894. | First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 21 May, 1890 and published by Macmillan and Company in 1894. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August. | + | 1892: Performed in the [[Vaudeville Theatre]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Emilie Bevan Comedy Company]] as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August. |
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| + | 1897: Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the visiting actor [[Edward Sass]] and his company, under the management of the [[Wheeler Company]], as part of a season of three plays that opened in January. | ||
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[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.394-5 | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.394-5, 405. |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:16, 26 May 2020
Judah is a play in three acts by Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929)[1].
Contents
The original text
A play about a fanatical Welsh clergyman named "Judah Llewellyn" who falls in love with a young girl called "Vashti Dethic", who - urged by her father - has persuaded people she can cure them through fasting and faith-healing.
First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, on 21 May, 1890 and published by Macmillan and Company in 1894.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1892: Performed in the Vaudeville Theatre, Cape Town, by the visiting Emilie Bevan Comedy Company as part of a three-and-a-half month season of 20 plays which began on 8 August.
1897: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the visiting actor Edward Sass and his company, under the management of the Wheeler Company, as part of a season of three plays that opened in January.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1894 MacMillan text, The Internet Archive[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Arthur_Jones
Richard Foulkes. 1997. Church and Stage in Victorian England. Cambridge University Press: pp.200-201[3]
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.394-5, 405.
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