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''[[Box and Cox]]'' is a one act farce by J.M. (John Maddison) Morton (1811-1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]. | ''[[Box and Cox]]'' is a one act farce by J.M. (John Maddison) Morton (1811-1891)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton]. | ||
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| + | Morton's play is based on a French one-act vaudeville, ''[[Frisette]]'' by Eugène Labiche and Auguste Lefranc, which had been produced in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 28 April 1846. | ||
Published by Editions Michel Lévy frères. | Published by Editions Michel Lévy frères. | ||
| − | ''[[Box and Cox]]'' first produced in English at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 1 November 1847, billed as a "romance of real life", it became a popular nineteenth century play, billed by ''The New York Times'' of 1891 as "the best farce of the nineteenth century". | + | ''[[Box and Cox]]'' first produced in English at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 1 November 1847, billed as a "romance of real life", it became a popular nineteenth century play, billed by ''The New York Times'' of 1891 as "the best farce of the nineteenth century". The oldest extant published appears to be the one in The Minor Drama XXII by Douglas at No 11 Spruce Street, New York. |
Revision as of 12:42, 22 June 2016
Box and Cox is a one act farce by J.M. (John Maddison) Morton (1811-1891)[1].
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The original text
Morton's play is based on a French one-act vaudeville, Frisette by Eugène Labiche and Auguste Lefranc, which had been produced in Paris in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 28 April 1846. Published by Editions Michel Lévy frères.
Box and Cox first produced in English at the Lyceum Theatre, London, on 1 November 1847, billed as a "romance of real life", it became a popular nineteenth century play, billed by The New York Times of 1891 as "the best farce of the nineteenth century". The oldest extant published appears to be the one in The Minor Drama XXII by Douglas at No 11 Spruce Street, New York.
Translations and adaptations
Cox and Box, or The Long-Lost Brothers, a one-act comic opera based on Morton's play, was written by F. C. Burnand (libretto) and Arthur Sullivan (music) and first performed in 1866.
For more on the operetta see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox_and_Box.
Performance history in South Africa
1850: Performed on 17 September by "Captain Hall's Company" (popular name at the time for the Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town , as an afterpiece to A New Way to Pay Old Debts (Massinger).
1850: Performed again on 26 September by "Captain Hall's Company" (popular name at the time for the Garrison Players) in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town , with Delicate Ground! (Planché), A Lover by Proxy (Boucicault) and The Sentinel (Morton).
1853: Performed on Monday 31 October by the Amateur Company in the Garrison Theatre, alongside Power and Principle (Barnett) and Circumstantial Evidence (Carew). The presentation was apparently repeated Monday 7 November.
1854: Performed on 29 March in King William's Town (Eastern Cape) by the soldiers of the garrison, possibly with The Irishman in London (Macready), in the presence of the Governor General.
1855: Part of the repertoire and thus possibly performed by the G.V. Brooke company in the Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, during the revictualling of their vessel en route to the Australian goldfields in 1854-55.
Sources
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisette
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_and_Cox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddison_Morton
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 409-412, 509,
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