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| − | + | ''[[Alfred, or The Magic Banner]]'' is a historic play by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833). | |
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First performed at Haymarket Little Theatre on 22 June 1796. The play was not a success and closed after three nights. One source refers to it as an opera called ''[[The Magic Banner]]'' , saying that it was not published separately, but is apparently identical with ''[[Alfred, or The Magic Banner]]'', a drama published in the collected edition of O'Keeffe's work in 1798. | First performed at Haymarket Little Theatre on 22 June 1796. The play was not a success and closed after three nights. One source refers to it as an opera called ''[[The Magic Banner]]'' , saying that it was not published separately, but is apparently identical with ''[[Alfred, or The Magic Banner]]'', a drama published in the collected edition of O'Keeffe's work in 1798. | ||
James Pocock based his opera ''[[Alfred the Great, or the Enchanted Standard]]'' on O'Keeffe's text. This was produced at Covent Grarden on 3 Nov. 1827. | James Pocock based his opera ''[[Alfred the Great, or the Enchanted Standard]]'' on O'Keeffe's text. This was produced at Covent Grarden on 3 Nov. 1827. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town as their last production by the [[Garrison Players]] or "Thespian Society" on Tuesday 12 October, 1802, with ''[[The Sultan, or A Peep in the Seraglio]]'' (Bickerstaffe). | + | 1802: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town as their last production by the [[Garrison Players]] or "Thespian Society" on Tuesday 12 October, 1802, with ''[[The Sultan, or A Peep in the Seraglio]]'' (Bickerstaffe). |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:53, 21 September 2016
Alfred, or The Magic Banner is a historic play by John O'Keeffe (1747 – 1833).
Contents
The original play
First performed at Haymarket Little Theatre on 22 June 1796. The play was not a success and closed after three nights. One source refers to it as an opera called The Magic Banner , saying that it was not published separately, but is apparently identical with Alfred, or The Magic Banner, a drama published in the collected edition of O'Keeffe's work in 1798.
James Pocock based his opera Alfred the Great, or the Enchanted Standard on O'Keeffe's text. This was produced at Covent Grarden on 3 Nov. 1827.
Performance history in South Africa
1802: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town as their last production by the Garrison Players or "Thespian Society" on Tuesday 12 October, 1802, with The Sultan, or A Peep in the Seraglio (Bickerstaffe).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Ruth Wehlau (2011) Alfred and Ireland: Irony and Irish Identity in John O'Keeffe's Alfred , European Romantic Review, 22:6, 801-817, DOI: 10.1080/10509585.2011.615995
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Keeffe_(Irish_writer)
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/O'Keeffe,_John_(DNB00)
Bosman, 1928: pp. 68,
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