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| + | ''[[Kathleen Mavourneen]]'' is the name of a song written in 1837, composed by Frederick Crouch with lyrics by a Mrs. Crawford. | ||
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| + | =''[[Kathleen Mavourneen, or St Patrick's Eve]]'' by William Travers (1862)= | ||
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| + | ''[[Kathleen Mavourneen]]'' was originally the name of a song written in 1837, composed by Frederick Crouch with lyrics by a Mrs. Crawford. | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| + | Several silent films were titled ''Kathleen Mavourneen'', the first such drama being produced in 1906 starring Kitty O'Neil, Walter Griswoll and H.L. Bascomb. Other such silent films were produced in 1911, 1913 and 1919, the last of these starring Theda Bara. Two sound films with this title were produced, in 1930 and 1937. At the release of the 1919 film, Irish and Catholic groups protested not only the depiction of Ireland but the use of a Jewish actress for the leading role. Fox Film Corporation pulled the film after several movie-theater riots and bomb threats. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Mavourneen | ||
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| + | Janet Murphy and Eileen Chamberlain ''The Poor Man's Daughter, A Return to The Colleen Bawn'', Lulu.com[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=QA4ZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=Kathleen+Mavourneen+is+a+burlesque+by&source=bl&ots=uCja6469Qj&sig=ACfU3U1n9AZwfiMv8G_yJvXrLy1jCGAn3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOoqDjlNjpAhWRyqQKHXLKBLAQ6AEwCXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Kathleen%20Mavourneen%20is%20a%20burlesque%20by&f=false] | ||
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Revision as of 05:59, 29 May 2020
Kathleen Mavourneen is the name given to a number of dramatic works,
Kathleen Mavourneen is the name of a song written in 1837, composed by Frederick Crouch with lyrics by a Mrs. Crawford.
Contents
Kathleen Mavourneen, or St Patrick's Eve by William Travers (1862)
The original text
Kathleen Mavourneen was originally the name of a song written in 1837, composed by Frederick Crouch with lyrics by a Mrs. Crawford.
Translations and adaptations
Several silent films were titled Kathleen Mavourneen, the first such drama being produced in 1906 starring Kitty O'Neil, Walter Griswoll and H.L. Bascomb. Other such silent films were produced in 1911, 1913 and 1919, the last of these starring Theda Bara. Two sound films with this title were produced, in 1930 and 1937. At the release of the 1919 film, Irish and Catholic groups protested not only the depiction of Ireland but the use of a Jewish actress for the leading role. Fox Film Corporation pulled the film after several movie-theater riots and bomb threats.
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed as Kathleen Mavourneen by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 22 April, with Black Ey'd Susan (Burnand).
1876: Performed as Kathleen Mavourneen by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 23 May, with two poems (The Raven by E.A. Poe and Shamus O'Brien by J.S. Le Fanu) recited by Mr Fairclough, a song by Miss E. Seyton and a dance by Miss Duggan.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Mavourneen
Janet Murphy and Eileen Chamberlain The Poor Man's Daughter, A Return to The Colleen Bawn, Lulu.com[1]
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 1932. (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.203-205
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