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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. | 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. | ||
| + | 1901: The American actress [[Nance O'Neill]] apparently played the leading role in a play called ''[[The Jewess]]'', produced in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, during September by the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]]. | ||
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| + | 1902: ''[[The Jewess]]'' produced again in the [[Good Hope Theatre]] by the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]] during February, once more with [[Nance O'Neill]] in the lead. | ||
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Revision as of 06:48, 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.
Contents
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, though this may have simply been a reference to the role performed by O'Neill in Scott's play). However this may could also have been a version of one of the many works about the medieval story of The Jewess of Toledo (e.g. Lope de Vega's Las paces de los reyes y judia de Toledo or Franz Grillparzer's 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.
1901: The American actress Nance O'Neill apparently played the leading role in a play called The Jewess, produced in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, during September by the Wheeler Theatre Company.
1902: The Jewess produced again in the Good Hope Theatre by the Wheeler Theatre Company during February, once more with Nance O'Neill in the lead.
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanhoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10835-006-9025-0.pdf
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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