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1857: A "screaming farce" called ''[[Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note]]'' (attributed to William E. Burton) was performed in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] , Cape Town, on 23 September by the [[Sefton Parry]] Company. It has been suggested that it may in fact have been a parody of this one act "romantic tale of terror" by Dubois. Also performed was ''[[Who Speaks First?]]'' (Dance) and ''[[Monsieur Jacques]]'' (Barnett and Barnett). | 1857: A "screaming farce" called ''[[Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note]]'' (attributed to William E. Burton) was performed in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] , Cape Town, on 23 September by the [[Sefton Parry]] Company. It has been suggested that it may in fact have been a parody of this one act "romantic tale of terror" by Dubois. Also performed was ''[[Who Speaks First?]]'' (Dance) and ''[[Monsieur Jacques]]'' (Barnett and Barnett). | ||
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Revision as of 05:50, 23 September 2019
Deeds of Dreadful Note is a play in one act by Alfred Dubois (nom de plume of James Stuart Bowes, 1768/69-1863)[1]
Also found as Wilful Murder, or Deeds of Dreadful Note, A Dreadful Deed and possibly even Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note.
Contents
The original text
Styled a "romantic tale of terror in one act" it was published in Philadelphia by Turner & Fisher, (Turner's dramatic library of acting plays, 1810?] - "Correctly printed from the most approved acting copy."
At head of title: Turner's dramatic library.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1857: A "screaming farce" called Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note (attributed to William E. Burton) was performed in the Harrington Street Theatre , Cape Town, on 23 September by the Sefton Parry Company. It has been suggested that it may in fact have been a parody of this one act "romantic tale of terror" by Dubois. Also performed was Who Speaks First? (Dance) and Monsieur Jacques (Barnett and Barnett).
1859: Performed as A Dreadful Deed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Cape Town Theatre on 7 November, along with A Dead Shot (Buckstone) and a "Tambourine Dance" by Lizzie Powell
Sources
https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/950537/Details
Frederic Boase. 2018. Modern English Biography (Volume 1 of 4) A-H, Litres: p. [2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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