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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1876: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by Captain [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 20 June, with ''[[Little Toddlekins]]'' (Mathews). The evening a benefit for [[Miss Robertson]] and [[Mr Foulis]]. | ||
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| + | 1877: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 12 December, with ''[[Creatures of Impulse]]'' (Gilbert) and a ballad performed by [[Gertrude Wynne|Miss Wynne]]. Performed as part of a "Grand Masonic Night under the … Patronage of … Grand Master R.W. Southey, C.M.G." Robertson's play described as a "grand military comedy" in the advertisements. | ||
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| + | 1877: Performed again by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 14 December, once more with ''[[Creatures of Impulse]]'' (Gilbert) and a ballad performed by [[Gertrude Wynne|Miss Wynne]]. | ||
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| + | 1877: Performed again by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 19 and 24 December. (Supporting programme not mentioned in these cases). | ||
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| + | ca. 1884: Performed by [[Henry Harper]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with [[H.C. Sidney]] in the role of "Chalcot". | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson | ||
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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.) | ||
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.340, 344, 363-4, 378 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.340, 344, 363-4, 378 | ||
Latest revision as of 07:06, 28 December 2020
Ours is a comedy in three acts by T.W. Robertson (1829–1871)[1]
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The original text
First performed at the Prince of Wales' Theatre, London on 12 September 1866 and at Wallack's Theatre, New York, on 19 Decmeber 1866. Published inter alia by Samuel French in 1866 as Issue 384 of French's standard drama, the Dramatic Publishing Company , Chicago (in 1867?) and by R.M. De Witt, New York, in 1899.
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Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 20 June, with Little Toddlekins (Mathews). The evening a benefit for Miss Robertson and Mr Foulis.
1877: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 12 December, with Creatures of Impulse (Gilbert) and a ballad performed by Miss Wynne. Performed as part of a "Grand Masonic Night under the … Patronage of … Grand Master R.W. Southey, C.M.G." Robertson's play described as a "grand military comedy" in the advertisements.
1877: Performed again by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 14 December, once more with Creatures of Impulse (Gilbert) and a ballad performed by Miss Wynne.
1877: Performed again by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 19 and 24 December. (Supporting programme not mentioned in these cases).
ca. 1884: Performed by Henry Harper and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, with H.C. Sidney in the role of "Chalcot".
Sources
Facsimile version of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
Online Books by T. W. Robertson, The Online Books Page[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_William_Robertson
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.340, 344, 363-4, 378
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