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It was one of several plays that were quickly created shortly after the publication of Scott's popular novel in 1819. Moncrieff's play appears under a number of names in various publications, including: | It was one of several plays that were quickly created shortly after the publication of Scott's popular novel in 1819. Moncrieff's play appears under a number of names in various publications, including: | ||
| − | ''[[Ivanhoe! or, The Jewess]]''; ''[[Ivanhoe; or, The Jewess]]''; ''[[Ivanhoe, or, The Jew of York]]'', ''[[Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York]]'' (the title under which it first appeared in South Africa) | + | ''[[Ivanhoe! or, The Jewess]]''; ''[[Ivanhoe; or, The Jewess]]''; ''[[Ivanhoe, or, The Jew of York]]'', ''[[Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York]]'' (the title under which it first appeared in South Africa). |
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| + | The play was possibly also billed simply as ''[[The Jewess]]'' in some cases (a title cited for a play performed by [[Nance O'Neill]] in Cape Town in 1901-2). However this may could also have been a version of one of the many plays about the story of ''[[The Jewess of Toledo]]'' (e.g. Lope de Vega's ''[[Las paces de los reyes y judia de Toledo]]'', Franz Grillparzer's ''[[Die Jüdin von Toledo]]'' and Lion Feuchtwanger's ''[[Spanische Ballade/Die Jüdin von Toledo]]''). | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:38, 25 April 2021
Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York is called a "Chivalric Play in Three Acts" and is by William Thomas Moncrieff (1794-1857)[1] and Walter Scott, with music by Hughes.
Also found listed as Ivanhoe, or The Jewess.
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The original text
Based on the popular novel Ivanhoe[2] by Sir Walter Scott[3], this stage adaptation was first produced on 24 January 1820 at the Coburg Theatre, London, and published in the same year.
It was one of several plays that were quickly created shortly after the publication of Scott's popular novel in 1819. Moncrieff's play appears under a number of names in various publications, including:
Ivanhoe! or, The Jewess; Ivanhoe; or, The Jewess; Ivanhoe, or, The Jew of York, Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York (the title under which it first appeared in South Africa).
The play was possibly also billed simply as The Jewess in some cases (a title cited for a play performed by Nance O'Neill in Cape Town in 1901-2). However this may could also have been a version of one of the many plays about the story of The Jewess of Toledo (e.g. Lope de Vega's Las paces de los reyes y judia de Toledo, Franz Grillparzer's Die Jüdin von Toledo and Lion Feuchtwanger's Spanische Ballade/Die Jüdin von Toledo).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1824: Produced on 17 June by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre, Cape Town as Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York , with Who's the Dupe? (Cowley) as afterpiece.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 199
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