Difference between revisions of "Electra in a New Electric Light"
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:39, 5 June 2018
Electra in a New Electric Light is an extravaganza in one act by Francis Talfourd (1828-1862)[].
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The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, on April 25, 1859. Published in London by T.H. Lacy, [1859?]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed by the Cape Town Dramatic Club in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 31 August, with Victims (Taylor), with a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment.
1859: Performed by the Cape Town Dramatic Club in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 7 September (repeated "by special request"), with Nothing Venture, Nothing Win (Taylor), with a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment.
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012434805
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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