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| − | Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel ''Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer'' (1815), which was dramatised by Scott's associate Daniel Terry and first performed in London on 12 March 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with a musical score by Henry Bishop. Originally published by John Miller, London, in 1816. In | + | Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel ''Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer'' (1815), which was dramatised by Scott's associate Daniel Terry and first performed in London on 12 March 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with a musical score by Henry Bishop. |
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| + | Originally published as ''[[Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy]]'' by John Miller, London, in 1816, the play developed two versions of the title in subsequent editions: . . | ||
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| + | In subsequent editions the title appears as either as ''[[Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy]]'' (Joseph Robinson, Baltimore, USA, 1839; Samuel French, New York, 1860 - with a useful short editorial introduction by "H.L.".), '''or as''' ''[[Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy]]'' (Wells and Lilly, Boston, 1823; | ||
| + | The title seems to have two been slightly altered for the American market when InBoston, published the Oxberry edition under the title ''[[Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy]]'' while it appeared as published another American edition of the text (also as ''[[Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy]]''), | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:03, 9 March 2020
Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy is a musical play in three acts by Daniel Terry (1780?-1829)[1], with music by which Henry Bishop (1786–1855)[2].
Sometimes simply referred to as Guy Mannering.
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The original text
Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer (1815), which was dramatised by Scott's associate Daniel Terry and first performed in London on 12 March 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with a musical score by Henry Bishop.
Originally published as Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy by John Miller, London, in 1816, the play developed two versions of the title in subsequent editions: . .
In subsequent editions the title appears as either as Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy (Joseph Robinson, Baltimore, USA, 1839; Samuel French, New York, 1860 - with a useful short editorial introduction by "H.L.".), or as Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy (Wells and Lilly, Boston, 1823;
The title seems to have two been slightly altered for the American market when InBoston, published the Oxberry edition under the title Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy while it appeared as published another American edition of the text (also as Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy),
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1836: Performed as Guy Mannering in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 31 August, with The Review (Colman Jr) as afterpiece.
1861: Performed as Guy Mannering, or The Gipsy's Prophecy in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Sefton Parry and his company on
1884-5: Performed as Guy Mannering by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009721724
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Mannering
Facsimile version of the original 1816 published playtext: Google E-book[3]
Facsimile version of the 1860 published playtext, with an editorial introduction: The Internet Archive[4]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 196,
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. 99, 106, 134, 201, 230, 237, 376, 380, 392-3
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