Difference between revisions of "Brown and the Brahmins, or Captain Pop and The Princess Pretty-eyes!"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1875: Billed as "An Ashantee Dance and Chorus" and presented by "a band of coloured boys picked from the the streets of Cape Town" | + | 1875: Billed as "An Ashantee Dance and Chorus" directed by [[Mr Elton]] and presented in the [[Bijou Theatre]]'' by "a band of coloured boys picked from the the streets of Cape Town" under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 24 July, as an afterpiece to ''[[Leah, or The Jewish Maiden]]'' (Mosenthal?). The novelty of seeing coloured folk on the stage for the first time combined with their "extrvagant contortions of body and limb and grotesque action" apparently set audiences in a furore, though the idea was well received by ''[[The Argus]]'' on July 27 and the play was repeated a number of times in this season. |
| − | 1875: | + | 1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 26 July, with ''[[Lady Audley's Secret]]''. |
| − | 1875: | + | 1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 28 July, as afterpiece to ''[[The Latest Edition of Black-Eyed Susan, or The Little Bill That Was Taken Up|Black-Ey'd Susan]]'' (Burnand). |
| − | 1875: | + | 1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 29 July, as afterpiece to ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Morton). |
1875: Repeated on 31 July, as a matinee performance. | 1875: Repeated on 31 July, as a matinee performance. | ||
Revision as of 05:02, 17 May 2018
Brown and the Brahmins, or Captain Pop and The Princess Pretty-eyes! is an "oriental burlesque" by Robert Brown Reece
Sometimes found as Brown and the Brahmins, or Captain Pop and The Princess Pretty-Eyes! or simply referred to as Brown and the Brahmins.
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The original text
Based on the drama of the The Illustrious Stranger (Millingen and Kenney, 1827), and first performed at the Royal Globe Theatre, London, on 23 January, 1869. Published in London by T.H. Lacy, 1869.
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Performance history in South Africa
1875: Billed as "An Ashantee Dance and Chorus" directed by Mr Elton and presented in the Bijou Theatre by "a band of coloured boys picked from the the streets of Cape Town" under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 24 July, as an afterpiece to Leah, or The Jewish Maiden (Mosenthal?). The novelty of seeing coloured folk on the stage for the first time combined with their "extrvagant contortions of body and limb and grotesque action" apparently set audiences in a furore, though the idea was well received by The Argus on July 27 and the play was repeated a number of times in this season.
1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 26 July, with Lady Audley's Secret.
1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 28 July, as afterpiece to Black-Ey'd Susan (Burnand).
1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 29 July, as afterpiece to The Honeymoon (Morton).
1875: Repeated on 31 July, as a matinee performance.
1875: Presented again under the auspices of Disney Roebuck
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 82[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 325-330, 340, 345, 351, 359.
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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