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''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe]]'' is a reference to a Cape Town production of scenes from Daniel Defoe's novel, done by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in 1877-1878. | ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe]]'' is a reference to a Cape Town production of scenes from Daniel Defoe's novel, done by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in 1877-1878. | ||
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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
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| + | It is most likely a reference to the pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884), called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' (or one of the other pantomimes on the same source material by the author.) | ||
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See the entry on '''''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''''' | See the entry on '''''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''''' | ||
Revision as of 06:30, 9 October 2018
Scenes from Robinson Crusoe is a reference to a Cape Town production of scenes from Daniel Defoe's novel, done by the Disney Roebuck company in 1877-1878.
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The original text
It is most likely a reference to the pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884), called Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies (or one of the other pantomimes on the same source material by the author.)
See the entry on Robinson Crusoe
Translations and adaptations
No indication is given of which of the many dramatized versions of the text was being used ((see Robinson Crusoe), nor any indication of an adaptor. Possibly a dramatization by Roebuck himself, or by a cast member.
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed as "scenes from Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe) by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with The Captain's not a Miss (Wilks) and Jack and Jack's Brother (Anon)
1878: Performed as "the main scenes from Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe) by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 24 May, with The Captain's not a Miss (Wilks) and Jack and Jack's Brother (Anon)
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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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