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1855: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] in a [[Drawing Room Theatre]] which he constructed in the [[Commercial Exchange|Commercial Rooms]] in Cape Town on Tuesday 12 June, with what appears to have been a display piece called ''[[Seeing Parry]]'' as afterpiece. | 1855: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] in a [[Drawing Room Theatre]] which he constructed in the [[Commercial Exchange|Commercial Rooms]] in Cape Town on Tuesday 12 June, with what appears to have been a display piece called ''[[Seeing Parry]]'' as afterpiece. | ||
| − | 1864: Performed in June as part of the closing production of the [[St George's Theatre]], Pietermaritzburg, along with ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]'' (Mayhew) and ''[[Who Stole the Pocket Book]]''. | + | 1864: Performed in June as part of the closing production of the [[St George's Theatre]], Pietermaritzburg, along with ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]'' (Mayhew) and ''[[Who Stole the Pocket Book]]'' (Morton). |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 07:05, 13 July 2018
Little Toddlekins is a comic drama in one act by Charles James Mathews (1803-1878)[1]
Contents
Original text
First performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre on December 15th, 1852 and published in Volume 12 of Lacy's acting editions, 1852.
Acted in America by the Shakespeare Club of Cincinnati, and published there in 1857.
Performance history in South Africa
1855: Performed by Sefton Parry in a Drawing Room Theatre which he constructed in the Commercial Rooms in Cape Town on Tuesday 12 June, with what appears to have been a display piece called Seeing Parry as afterpiece.
1864: Performed in June as part of the closing production of the St George's Theatre, Pietermaritzburg, along with The Wandering Minstrel (Mayhew) and Who Stole the Pocket Book (Morton).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://www.worldcat.org/title/little-toddlekins-a-comic-drama-in-one-act/oclc/1355868
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_James_Mathews
1978. Dennis Schauffer. The Establishment of a Theatrical Tradition in Pietermaritzburg, Prior to the Opening of the First Civilian Playhouse. Unpublished PhD., University of Natal, )
Google Books[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: p. 428,
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