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| − | ''[[The Porter's Knot]]'' is a play by Oxenford ()[]. | + | ''[[The Porter's Knot]]'' is a play in two acts by John Oxenford (1812-1877)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford]. |
| + | ==The original text== | ||
| − | + | Described as "a serio-comic drama in two acts", the play was first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 December, 1858 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in London and in New York by R.M. De Witt (1858/9?). | |
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| + | 1868: Performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 January as part of a benefit for [[T.H. Paul]], with Brough's [[burlesque]] version of Euripides's ''[[Medea]]'' and songs and dances. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| − | + | Facsimile version of the 1858 text by Lacy, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b287309&view=1up&seq=5] | |
| − | + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford | |
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.231-2 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.231-2 | ||
Latest revision as of 06:08, 8 September 2020
The Porter's Knot is a play in two acts by John Oxenford (1812-1877)[1].
Contents
The original text
Described as "a serio-comic drama in two acts", the play was first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, on 2 December, 1858 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy in London and in New York by R.M. De Witt (1858/9?).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1868: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 6 January as part of a benefit for T.H. Paul, with Brough's burlesque version of Euripides's Medea and songs and dances.
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1858 text by Lacy, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.231-2
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