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Revision as of 05:28, 8 July 2016
Luke the Labourer, or the Lost Son is a domestic melodrama in two acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
(Also referred to simply as Luke the Labourer.)
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The original text
The work was first written in 1826 and performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 17 October. The text was published in 1827.
Performance history in South Africa
1849: Presented in Cape Town in January 1849 by W.F.H. Parker, in the Drury Lane Theatre with the New English Theatrical Company (also referred to as Parker's Company in some sources).
The production received much praise from the Cape Town Mail, but Sam Sly responded with a harsh critique of the theatre and the company, suggesting that the Cape Town Mail review displayed "exaggerated and false colouring" , for he had not only found that the space was noisy, but also that "the ventilation was abominable and ...the acting was no good..". (quoted in Bosman, 1928: p. 419). Apparently this even caused the company to close down temporarily.
1853: It was done by the English Amateur Company with Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw (Morton) as afterpiece, on 19 October 1853, repeated on 24 October.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008405084
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 418-9, 423
Jill Fletcher, 1994
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