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One can only assume that the title is most probably a reference to the Scottish poet, novelist and essayist James Hogg (1770–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg], widely known as "The Ettrick Shepherd" of "The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale". However, no play by this specific name can be traced. | One can only assume that the title is most probably a reference to the Scottish poet, novelist and essayist James Hogg (1770–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg], widely known as "The Ettrick Shepherd" of "The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale". However, no play by this specific name can be traced. | ||
| − | The performance may thus have been either a '''reading''' of the poems and/or stories of "The Ettrick Shepherd", or it was a '''performance''' of a play called ''[[The Rose of Ettrick Vale]]'', which was popular among the British militia in the Cape Colony in the 1860s. Unless it was a wrongly reported title for ''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale]]'' | + | The performance may thus have been either a '''reading''' of the poems and/or stories of "The Ettrick Shepherd", or it was a '''performance''' of a play called ''[[The Rose of Ettrick Vale]]'', which was popular among the British militia in the Cape Colony in the 1860s. Unless it was a wrongly reported title for ''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale]]''[https://discover.library.wales/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=44WHELF_NLW_NUI&docid=44NLW_ALMA21842779250002419&fromSitemap=1&lang=en_US], a drama in two acts by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[] |
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| + | The shepherd of Derwent Vale : a drama in two acts / by Joseph Lunn ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical ... ; embellished with a wood engraving by Mr. White . | ||
| + | Joseph Lunn 1784-1863. | ||
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Revision as of 06:52, 2 August 2019
According to the Cape Argus of 15 September 1863 (as cited by F.C.L Bosman, 1980: p. 298), The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale is the name given to a performance of some kind by the officers of the 10th Regiment during September of 1863.
One can only assume that the title is most probably a reference to the Scottish poet, novelist and essayist James Hogg (1770–1835)[1], widely known as "The Ettrick Shepherd" of "The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale". However, no play by this specific name can be traced.
The performance may thus have been either a reading of the poems and/or stories of "The Ettrick Shepherd", or it was a performance of a play called The Rose of Ettrick Vale, which was popular among the British militia in the Cape Colony in the 1860s. Unless it was a wrongly reported title for The Shepherd of Derwent Vale[2], a drama in two acts by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[]
The shepherd of Derwent Vale : a drama in two acts / by Joseph Lunn ; printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical ... ; embellished with a wood engraving by Mr. White .
Joseph Lunn 1784-1863.
London : J. Cumberland 18--
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg
Charles Rogers. 1809. Ettrick Forest, the Ettrick Shepherd, and his monument. John Menzies, Ediburgh [3]
Edinburgh Dramatic Review, Volumes 3-5[4]
