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There is evidence of an earlier play called ''[[The Battle of Hexham]]'', written by one Barnabe Barnes (1607), but the manuscript appears to have been lost (see the ''Lost Plays Database''[https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham]). | There is evidence of an earlier play called ''[[The Battle of Hexham]]'', written by one Barnabe Barnes (1607), but the manuscript appears to have been lost (see the ''Lost Plays Database''[https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham]). | ||
| − | Colman's play, entitled ''[[The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old]]'', and opened at the Haymarket Theatre on 11 August 1789, running for 20 performances and was frequently revived afterwards. | + | Colman's play, entitled ''[[The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old]]'', and opened at the Haymarket Theatre on 11 August 1789, running for 20 performances and was frequently revived and reprinted afterwards. Probably first published (as ''[[The Battle of Hexham]]'')by J. Cumberland in 1789, but the first dated version was printed in Dublin by P. Byrne. Later published, with a Preface by the author, in 1808 by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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''Lost Plays Database'' (https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham). | ''Lost Plays Database'' (https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham). | ||
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Facsimile version of the 1808 text of Colman's play , ''[[The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old]]'' - Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=RwdXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=The+Battle+of+Hexham+Colman&source=bl&ots=4ohimpJOtW&sig=ztH7RKRgwRNSDoLfJXNC428pgrw&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVgJ7Gm9HMAhXEJMAKHVUOCA4Q6AEIQDAG#v=onepage&q=The%20Battle%20of%20Hexham%20Colman&f=false] | Facsimile version of the 1808 text of Colman's play , ''[[The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old]]'' - Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=RwdXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=The+Battle+of+Hexham+Colman&source=bl&ots=4ohimpJOtW&sig=ztH7RKRgwRNSDoLfJXNC428pgrw&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVgJ7Gm9HMAhXEJMAKHVUOCA4Q6AEIQDAG#v=onepage&q=The%20Battle%20of%20Hexham%20Colman&f=false] | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 11 May 2016
The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old is a three-act historical musical comedy by George Colman the Younger (1762-1836).
Also referred to simply as The Battle of Hexham in some sources
Contents
The original text
There is evidence of an earlier play called The Battle of Hexham, written by one Barnabe Barnes (1607), but the manuscript appears to have been lost (see the Lost Plays Database[1]).
Colman's play, entitled The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old, and opened at the Haymarket Theatre on 11 August 1789, running for 20 performances and was frequently revived and reprinted afterwards. Probably first published (as The Battle of Hexham)by J. Cumberland in 1789, but the first dated version was printed in Dublin by P. Byrne. Later published, with a Preface by the author, in 1808 by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Performed by the Gentlemen Amateurs (Garrison Players) with the help of Mr Cooke and his company of ladies, in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 10 October, with The Jew and the Doctor (Dibdin).
Sources
Lost Plays Database (https://www.lostplays.org/lpd/Battle_of_Hexham).
Facsimile version of the 1808 text of Colman's play , The Battle of Hexham, or Days of Old - Google E-book[2]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 155
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