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Frederic Boase. 2018. ''Modern English Biography'' (Volume 1 of 4) A-H, Litres: p. [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-51oDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1840&lpg=RA1-PA1840&dq=Alfred+Dubois+Deeds+of+Dreadful+Note&source=bl&ots=bDASfNOVID&sig=ACfU3U3O5qOAKc-xLlnFSQcicsMXqgqqJw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjE2tm_5abiAhXcSBUIHYtNC7EQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Alfred%20Dubois%20Deeds%20of%20Dreadful%20Note&f=false] | Frederic Boase. 2018. ''Modern English Biography'' (Volume 1 of 4) A-H, Litres: p. [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-51oDwAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1840&lpg=RA1-PA1840&dq=Alfred+Dubois+Deeds+of+Dreadful+Note&source=bl&ots=bDASfNOVID&sig=ACfU3U3O5qOAKc-xLlnFSQcicsMXqgqqJw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjE2tm_5abiAhXcSBUIHYtNC7EQ6AEwA3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Alfred%20Dubois%20Deeds%20of%20Dreadful%20Note&f=false] | ||
Revision as of 05:59, 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.
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The original text
Styled a "romantic tale of terror in one act" it was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre London in 1842, the text not published at the time.
The text finally 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
Catalogue of Pickering and Chatto publishers, Item 3712 (p. 527)[2]
Frederic Boase. 2018. Modern English Biography (Volume 1 of 4) A-H, Litres: p. [3]
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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