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''[[Der Leuchtturm]]'' ("The lighthouse", 1821) is a so-called ("Fate-tragedy") by Christoph Ernst von Houwald (1778-1845)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_von_Houwald] | ''[[Der Leuchtturm]]'' ("The lighthouse", 1821) is a so-called ("Fate-tragedy") by Christoph Ernst von Houwald (1778-1845)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Ernst_von_Houwald] | ||
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| + | According to Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball], his play, ''[[The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers]]'' (a nautical melodrama in two acts), was apparently influenced by an English summary he had read of a play called ''[[The Light Tower]]''(Burwick, 2015: pp. 220-221)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=The+Floating+Beacon,+or+The+Norwegian+Wreckers&source=bl&ots=Yv397eZ_gL&sig=nvPbvGtiYi1yExO0UrIbTrpTsTo&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUv8qF5YzKAhXDPxQKHSfaAj8Q6AEIPTAF#v=onepage&q=The%20Floating%20Beacon%2C%20or%20The%20Norwegian%20Wreckers&f=false]. Fitzball's play first performed in the Surrey Theatre, London, on 19 April 1824 and published the same year. | ||
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| + | ==South African productions == | ||
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| + | (See also performances of ''[[The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers]]'') | ||
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| + | http://www.worldcat.org/title/floating-beacon-or-the-norwegian-wreckers-a-melo-drama-in-two-acts/oclc/9224696 | ||
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| + | Frederick Burwick. 2015. ''British Drama of the Industrial Revolution''. Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=The+Floating+Beacon,+or+The+Norwegian+Wreckers&source=bl&ots=Yv397eZ_gL&sig=nvPbvGtiYi1yExO0UrIbTrpTsTo&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUv8qF5YzKAhXDPxQKHSfaAj8Q6AEIPTAF#v=onepage&q=The%20Floating%20Beacon%2C%20or%20The%20Norwegian%20Wreckers&f=false] | ||
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| + | Larry Stephen Clifton. 1993. ''The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre''. Popular Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=oQ5VhsjD5yoC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=The+Inchcape+Bell,+or+The+Dumb+Sailor+Boy+of+the+Rocks&source=bl&ots=grM-nuWDki&sig=w8suAz0jP3BVoYKXRdb2-EJHqWU&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiYtLaJno3KAhVH1hQKHZHuAFwQ6AEILTAD#v=onepage&q=The%20Inchcape%20Bell%2C%20or%20The%20Dumb%20Sailor%20Boy%20of%20the%20Rocks&f=false] | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 226-7 | ||
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Revision as of 06:04, 14 August 2018
Der Leuchtturm ("The lighthouse", 1821) is a so-called ("Fate-tragedy") by Christoph Ernst von Houwald (1778-1845)[1]
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
According to Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[2], his play, The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers (a nautical melodrama in two acts), was apparently influenced by an English summary he had read of a play called The Light Tower(Burwick, 2015: pp. 220-221)[3]. Fitzball's play first performed in the Surrey Theatre, London, on 19 April 1824 and published the same year.
South African productions
(See also performances of The Floating Beacon, or The Norwegian Wreckers)
Sources
Frederick Burwick. 2015. British Drama of the Industrial Revolution. Cambridge University Press[4]
Larry Stephen Clifton. 1993. The Terrible Fitzball: The Melodramatist of the Macabre. Popular Press[5]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [6]: pp. 226-7
Go to the ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
