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| − | ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' is a domestic drama in three acts by [[A Gentleman of the Cape]]. | + | ''[[The Wraith of Table Mountain]]'' is a domestic drama in three acts by "[[A Gentleman of the Cape]]". |
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| − | Apparently a rather contrived and illogical musical fantasy about two girls, Esseline and Amelia, and their three suitors, involving ethereal spirits, and other interventions on Table Mountain. The play was not popular with critics and had only three performances. | + | Apparently a rather contrived and illogical musical fantasy about two girls, Esseline and Amelia, and their three suitors, involving ethereal spirits, and other interventions on Table Mountain, to which Esseline flees when forced by her mother to marry a certain suitor. (While no text has been traced, [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980, pp.217-8, provides quite a long [[Afrikaans]] summary of the convoluted plot.) The play was not popular with critics and had only three performances. |
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]] ( | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] also suggests (pp. 216, 533) the play was probably the work of the local amateur and impresario '''[[I.R. Taylor]]'''. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:54, 4 August 2021
The Wraith of Table Mountain is a domestic drama in three acts by "A Gentleman of the Cape".
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The original text
Apparently a rather contrived and illogical musical fantasy about two girls, Esseline and Amelia, and their three suitors, involving ethereal spirits, and other interventions on Table Mountain, to which Esseline flees when forced by her mother to marry a certain suitor. (While no text has been traced, F.C.L. Bosman, 1980, pp.217-8, provides quite a long Afrikaans summary of the convoluted plot.) The play was not popular with critics and had only three performances.
Bosman also suggests (pp. 216, 533) the play was probably the work of the local amateur and impresario I.R. Taylor.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed for the first time (and attributed to "a Gentleman of the Cape") by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre on 13 August, with the "Interesting Comic Ballet Pantomime" called The Demon of the Forest, or Cassander a Cooper (Anon).
1866: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre on 15 and 16 August, with Where's Your Wife (Bridgeman) and a "Highland Fling" performed by Mr Luin.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.212, 214, 216
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