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The term "wild-goose chase" is first documented when used by Shakespeare in the early 1590s, and there are two plays in English by this name.  
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The term "wild-goose chase" is first documented when used by Shakespeare in the early 1590s, and there are four plays in English by this name.  
  
  
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== Translations and adaptations ==
 
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== Productions in South Africa ==
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Goose_Chase
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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= ''[[The Wild-Goose Chace]]'' or ''The Wild-Goose Chase'' by August von Kotzebue (1800) =
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An English version of August von Kotzebue's three act comedy, ''[[Der Wildfang]]'', translated and adapted by William Dunlap ** as a four act comic opera. He entitled the work ''[[The Wild-Goose Chace]]'' (''sic''), but later critics and authors refer to it as ''[[The Wild-Goose Chase]]''.  First performed at Fords Theatre, New York on 24 January 1800. Published there in 1800 by William Dunlap.
  
  
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= ''[[The Wild-Goose Chace]]'' or ''The Wild-Goose Chase'' by August von Kotzebue (1800) =
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= A Wild Goose Chase by H. Jameson (1820) =
  
An English version of August von Kotzebue's three act comedy, ''[[Der Wildfang]]'', translated and adapted by William Dunlap ** as a four act comic opera. He entitled the work ''[[The Wild-Goose Chace]]'' (''sic''), but later critics and authors refer to it as ''[[The Wild-Goose Chase]]''.  First performed at Fords Theatre, New York on 24 January 1800. Published there in 1800 by William Dunlap.
 
  
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A farce in two acts. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1820. Published by J. Miller, 1820
  
 
== Productions in South Africa ==
 
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== Sources ==
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue
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Allardyce Nicoll 2009 ''History of English Drama 1660-1900''
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[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=sLZDA1hhjmYC&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=the+wild+goose+chase+Boucicault&source=bl&ots=75kOALHv8B&sig=8XgiYjqazgCoiaVCAJO87yyJ1b4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s8aBVMmYBfCR7AbyxoGAAw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=the%20wild%20goose%20chase%20Boucicault&f=false]
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http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha008968915
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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= ''A Wild Goose Chase'' by Dion Boucicault (1867)=
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Also known simply as ''Wild Goose'', it was  a revision by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] of Lester Wallack's play ''Rosedale; or, The Rifle Ball'', 
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and the Boucicault version was first performed April 29 1867, in London, at the Haymarket Theatre.
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== Productions in South Africa ==
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/wildfang-ein-lustspiel/oclc/475018414/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true
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== Sources ==
  
''Der Wildfang. The Wild Goose Chace; a play in four acts and in prose , with songs'' by Augustus Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue and William Dunlap[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=CjVdAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PR3&lpg=RA1-PR3&dq=Der+Wildfang+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=IJmfAl3cNh&sig=yHeFk9ucQPfaH55LoFjA9PHDSCc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GUiAVPHOIObD7gaV9ICQCA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Der%20Wildfang%20Kotzebue&f=false]
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Allardyce Nicoll 2009 ''History of English Drama 1660-1900''
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[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=sLZDA1hhjmYC&pg=PA549&lpg=PA549&dq=the+wild+goose+chase+Boucicault&source=bl&ots=75kOALHv8B&sig=8XgiYjqazgCoiaVCAJO87yyJ1b4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s8aBVMmYBfCR7AbyxoGAAw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=the%20wild%20goose%20chase%20Boucicault&f=false]
  
DiGaetani and Sirefman, 1994, ''Opera and the Golden West: The Past, Present, and Future of Opera in the U.S.A.''[http://books.google.co.za/books?id=xp2kDn5aBeAC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=the+wild+goose+chase+Kotzebue&source=bl&ots=a0mXCxGlQx&sig=pT4Ecd4etilg-qPrOiBPjqAGGC0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xXSBVLbgLKuU7Qa26IHQBA&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=the%20wild%20goose%20chase%20Kotzebue&f=false]
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http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/boucicault/plays/?tab=1850s60s
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:23, 24 April 2019

The term "wild-goose chase" is first documented when used by Shakespeare in the early 1590s, and there are four plays in English by this name.


The Wild Goose Chase by John Fletcher (1621)

A comedy written by John Fletcher, The play was possibly first produced and published in 1621. Then


Translations and adaptations

Productions in South Africa

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Goose_Chase


Go to ESAT Bibliography


The Wild-Goose Chace or The Wild-Goose Chase by August von Kotzebue (1800)

An English version of August von Kotzebue's three act comedy, Der Wildfang, translated and adapted by William Dunlap ** as a four act comic opera. He entitled the work The Wild-Goose Chace (sic), but later critics and authors refer to it as The Wild-Goose Chase. First performed at Fords Theatre, New York on 24 January 1800. Published there in 1800 by William Dunlap.


Productions in South Africa

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_von_Kotzebue

http://www.worldcat.org/title/wildfang-ein-lustspiel/oclc/475018414/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

Der Wildfang. The Wild Goose Chace; a play in four acts and in prose , with songs by Augustus Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue and William Dunlap[1]

DiGaetani and Sirefman, 1994, Opera and the Golden West: The Past, Present, and Future of Opera in the U.S.A.[2]

Go to ESAT Bibliography



A Wild Goose Chase by H. Jameson (1820)

A farce in two acts. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1820. Published by J. Miller, 1820

Productions in South Africa

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll 2009 History of English Drama 1660-1900 [3]

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=ha008968915


Go to ESAT Bibliography

A Wild Goose Chase by Dion Boucicault (1867)

Also known simply as Wild Goose, it was a revision by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[4] of Lester Wallack's play Rosedale; or, The Rifle Ball, and the Boucicault version was first performed April 29 1867, in London, at the Haymarket Theatre.

Productions in South Africa

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll 2009 History of English Drama 1660-1900 [5]

http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/theatre/boucicault/plays/?tab=1850s60s

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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