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1878: Performed as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe) by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 22 May, with ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' (Gilbert) as a benefit for Miss [[Frances Delaval]]. | 1878: Performed as "scenes from ''[[Scenes from Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]]''" (Defoe) by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 22 May, with ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' (Gilbert) as a benefit for Miss [[Frances Delaval]]. | ||
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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.
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The original text
See also 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 in this case, nor any indication of an adaptor. It is most likely a reference to a selection from the pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884), called Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies , which Roebuck had been performing in Cape Town in this period.
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Produced as "scenes from Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe)by Disney Roebuck in the Theatre Royal on 16 May, with Arrah-na-Pogue (). .
1878: Performed as "scenes from Robinson Crusoe" (Defoe) by the Disney Roebuck company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on "Regatta Night", 22 May, with Pygmalion and Galatea (Gilbert) as a benefit for Miss Frances Delaval.
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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