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| − | 1862: A three-act dramatised version of the tale was apparently undertaken and "arranged" by members of the [[Dramatic Club]] of the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in Keiskama Hoek | + | 1862: A three-act dramatised version of the tale was apparently undertaken and "arranged" by members of the [[Dramatic Club]] of the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] in Keiskama Hoek on August 30, September 11 and 19. The cast consisted of Captain [[G. E. Bulger]] (Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden), Captain [[C. Hudson]] (Prince George of Brandenburgh), [[C. H. Newbatt]] Esq. (Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburgh), [[G. P. Townsend]] Esq. (Prince Bernard of Brandenburgh), [[J. S. Brougham]] Esq. (Prince Otho of Mecklenburgh), [[E. Saunder]] Esq. (Oxenstiern, Chancellor of Sweden), [[T. H. Smith]] Esq. (Theodore Zuski), Private [[G. Dawe]] (Eric, Page to Gustavus Adolphus), Lance-Corporal [[W. Allan]] (Demetrius, servant to Theodore Zuski), [[Miss Pauline Davies]] {Private [[J. Davies]]} (Princess Sophia of Mecklenburgh), [[Miss Frances Hastings]] {[[A. H. Handley]]} Esq. (Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburgh), [[Mademiselle Claudine Saint_Germain]] {Drummer [[J. Murray]]} (Countess Aurora). Also performed were Thomas J. Williams' one-act farce, ''[[The Ugly Customer]]'' and John Maddison Morton's one-act farce, ''[[Don't Judge by Appearances]]''. ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])'' |
| − | ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])'' | ||
Revision as of 20:05, 9 August 2018
The Royal Quixote is a three-act drama "arranged by members of the Dramatic Club" of the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot.
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The original text
The play was based on a short tale by Susanna Moodie (1803-1885)[1], apparently written in 1824 and first published in the Literary Garland of 1838. John Thurston, editor of Mrs Moodie's short stories, calls it a "long and rather tedious story about King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden".
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Performance history in South Africa
1862: A three-act dramatised version of the tale was apparently undertaken and "arranged" by members of the Dramatic Club of the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot in Keiskama Hoek on August 30, September 11 and 19. The cast consisted of Captain G. E. Bulger (Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden), Captain C. Hudson (Prince George of Brandenburgh), C. H. Newbatt Esq. (Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburgh), G. P. Townsend Esq. (Prince Bernard of Brandenburgh), J. S. Brougham Esq. (Prince Otho of Mecklenburgh), E. Saunder Esq. (Oxenstiern, Chancellor of Sweden), T. H. Smith Esq. (Theodore Zuski), Private G. Dawe (Eric, Page to Gustavus Adolphus), Lance-Corporal W. Allan (Demetrius, servant to Theodore Zuski), Miss Pauline Davies {Private J. Davies} (Princess Sophia of Mecklenburgh), Miss Frances Hastings {A. H. Handley} Esq. (Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburgh), Mademiselle Claudine Saint_Germain {Drummer J. Murray} (Countess Aurora). Also performed were Thomas J. Williams' one-act farce, The Ugly Customer and John Maddison Morton's one-act farce, Don't Judge by Appearances. (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Moodie
Facsimile version of the first 3 chapters of the original story, as published in The Literary Garland Volume 1, No. 1 pp. 321-330[2]
John Thurston. 1991. "Introduction" to Voyages: Short Narratives of Susanna Moodie. University of Ottawa Press: p.xvii[3]
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 13, July 23, 1862. (Keiskama Hoek)
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