Difference between revisions of "My Poll and my Partner Joe"
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| + | 1863: Performed under the title ''[[Poll and my Partner Joe]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 5 January, with ''[[Born to Good Luck, or The Irishman in Italy]]'' (Power) and poetry readings, ''inter alia'' from ''[[Tam O' Shanter]]'' (Burns). The evening a benefit for [[J. Spencer]]. | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 9 May 2018
My Poll and my Partner Joe is a nautical melodrama by John Thomas Haines (1799?-1843)[]
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The original text
Based on a popular nautical song of the same name by Charles Dibdin. The play first performed on 31 August, 1835 in the Surrey Theatre, London. Published by Samuel French in
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1863: Performed under the title Poll and my Partner Joe by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 5 January, with Born to Good Luck, or The Irishman in Italy (Power) and poetry readings, inter alia from Tam O' Shanter (Burns). The evening a benefit for J. Spencer.
Sources
John Storey. 2010. Culture and Power in Cultural Studies. Edinburgh University Press.[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.133
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