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| + | A pantomime version of Daniel Defoe's novel, this was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1781 and in adapted form at the Theatre-Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1791. | ||
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| + | == Translations and adaptations == | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1813: Performed Saturday 14 July by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, under the leadership of Mr Cuerton, as afterpiece to a Harlequin Pantomime, devised by Mr Cuerton. (Attributed to "Mrs Macready" by F.C.L. Bosman, 1928, p.144). | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001369985 | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001369985 | ||
David Worrall. 2015. ''Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment''. Routledge (p. 25)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=G1qkCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Robinson+Crusoe,+or+Harlequin+Friday++by+Sheridan&source=bl&ots=batB0GH7ua&sig=v3cnCWVp_eq4aT3s-2s_4NsxaHM&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-0YbL1O_MAhVNF8AKHdyACrsQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=Robinson%20Crusoe%2C%20or%20Harlequin%20Friday%20%20by%20Sheridan&f=false] | David Worrall. 2015. ''Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment''. Routledge (p. 25)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=G1qkCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=Robinson+Crusoe,+or+Harlequin+Friday++by+Sheridan&source=bl&ots=batB0GH7ua&sig=v3cnCWVp_eq4aT3s-2s_4NsxaHM&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-0YbL1O_MAhVNF8AKHdyACrsQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=Robinson%20Crusoe%2C%20or%20Harlequin%20Friday%20%20by%20Sheridan&f=false] | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. | ||
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Revision as of 09:37, 23 May 2016
Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday is a grand pantomime, in two acts, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)
Contents
The original text
A pantomime version of Daniel Defoe's novel, this was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1781 and in adapted form at the Theatre-Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1791.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1813: Performed Saturday 14 July by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, under the leadership of Mr Cuerton, as afterpiece to a Harlequin Pantomime, devised by Mr Cuerton. (Attributed to "Mrs Macready" by F.C.L. Bosman, 1928, p.144).
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001369985
David Worrall. 2015. Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment. Routledge (p. 25)[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
