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| − | 1875: Performed as ''[[The Morning Call]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 1 September, with ''[[Little Emily, or The Ark on the Lands]]''. The evening a benefit for [[Sutton Vane]]. | + | 1875: Performed as ''[[The Morning Call]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on 1 September, with ''[[Little Emily, or The Ark on the Lands]]'' (Halliday). The evening a benefit for [[Sutton Vane]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 16:16, 20 July 2020
A Morning Call is an original comedietta, in one act, by Charles Dance (1794–1863)[1].
Also found as A Morning Call, or The Snowed-Up Fox Hunter and The Morning Call (e.g. in F.C.L. Bosman, 1980)
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, by Her Majesty's servants, on Monday, March 17th, 1851.
Published by Samuel French as No LVII of The Minor Drama series (c.1862).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1875: Performed as The Morning Call in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 1 September, with Little Emily, or The Ark on the Lands (Halliday). The evening a benefit for Sutton Vane.
Sources
Facsimile version of the text, Samuel French [2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)
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.311-2, 323-6, 361
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