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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | + | The English version was first performed in English in Newcastle-on-Tyne Amphitheatre, May 1 1799(??) | |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July | + | 1855: Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July by [[Sefton Parry]] as part of his farewell performance, alongside ''[[A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock]]'' (Brough) and ''[[The Lottery Ticket]]'' (Beazley). |
Revision as of 06:30, 2 December 2016
Buried Alive, or The Visit to Japan is a melodrama, adapted from an unnamed French comedy by H. M'Pherson.
Translations and adaptations
The English version was first performed in English in Newcastle-on-Tyne Amphitheatre, May 1 1799(??)
Performance history in South Africa
1855: Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July by Sefton Parry as part of his farewell performance, alongside A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock (Brough) and The Lottery Ticket (Beazley).
Sources
"The Stage" cyclopaedia, a bibliography of plays, compiled by Reginald Clarence[1].
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 433
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