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The name is sometimes spelled ''[[Ambrose Gwinnett]]'', and in South Africa referred to as ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story]]'' or simply ''[[Ambrose Guinett]]''. | The name is sometimes spelled ''[[Ambrose Gwinnett]]'', and in South Africa referred to as ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story]]'' or simply ''[[Ambrose Guinett]]''. | ||
Published in 1828. | Published in 1828. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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1838: Performed by the [[English Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]] on 13 October, 1838, with as afterpiece ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in spite of Himself]]'' (Moncrieff). The title wrongly given as ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story]]''. According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928), this was to be the last production mounted in the [[African Theatre]] before it was sold and turned into a church, and it was also the last production by English amateurs in Cape Town till 1843, for the Methodist anti-theatre movement had temporarily won the battle. | 1838: Performed by the [[English Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]] on 13 October, 1838, with as afterpiece ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in spite of Himself]]'' (Moncrieff). The title wrongly given as ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story]]''. According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928), this was to be the last production mounted in the [[African Theatre]] before it was sold and turned into a church, and it was also the last production by English amateurs in Cape Town till 1843, for the Methodist anti-theatre movement had temporarily won the battle. | ||
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Revision as of 05:58, 26 July 2016
A Melo-drama, in Three Acts by Douglas Jerrold (1803 – 1857)[1].
The name is sometimes spelled Ambrose Gwinnett, and in South Africa referred to as Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story or simply Ambrose Guinett.
Published in 1828.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1831: Played for the first time on 8 October by the All the World's a Stage in the African Theatre, as Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story, with as afterpiece Amateurs and Actors, or A Peep Behind the Curtain (Peake).
1838: Performed by the English Amateur Company in the Cape Town Theatre on 13 October, 1838, with as afterpiece The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in spite of Himself (Moncrieff). The title wrongly given as Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story. According to Bosman (1928), this was to be the last production mounted in the African Theatre before it was sold and turned into a church, and it was also the last production by English amateurs in Cape Town till 1843, for the Methodist anti-theatre movement had temporarily won the battle.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_William_Jerrold
http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1694744/Ambrose-Bierces-middle-name
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.208, 217, 224
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