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− | There is also a later one act farce, entitled ''[[The Lottery Ticket, or The Lawyers's Clerk]]'' , credited to John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879), and published by Samuel French (No CXXXVII in the series The Minor Drama, 1880). Possibly a new version of Beazley's original or it was simply wrongly attributed, as mentioned in the Harvard Library catalogue entry[http:// | + | There is also a later one act farce, entitled ''[[The Lottery Ticket, or The Lawyers's Clerk]]'' , credited to John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879), and published by Samuel French (No CXXXVII in the series The Minor Drama, 1880). Possibly a new version of Beazley's original or it was simply wrongly attributed, as mentioned in the Harvard Library catalogue entry[http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/002662175/catalog] on this text, which addresses this anomaly with the following entry: |
"Acting copy. An adaptation of ''La maison en loterie'' by Picard and Radet. Wrongly attributed to John Baldwin Buckstone." | "Acting copy. An adaptation of ''La maison en loterie'' by Picard and Radet. Wrongly attributed to John Baldwin Buckstone." |
Revision as of 06:27, 28 September 2016
The Lottery Ticket and Lawyer's Clerk is a farce in one act by Samuel Beazley (1786–1851)[1], with attribution to Louis-Benoît Picard (1769-1828). and/or Jean Baptiste Radet (1752-1830).
(For instance a version published in New York and Philadelphia by Turner and Fisher [ca. 1830], is listed in the Hathi Trust Digital Library as by Beazley as well as both French authors.)[2]
The shortened title, The Lottery Ticket, is often found.
Contents
The original text
An adaptation of La Maison en Loterie, by Louis-Benoit Picard and Jean Baptiste Radet (who are often mentioned, singly or together, as additional authors of the English text).
The Beazley version was first Performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in December 1826. First published as The Lottery Ticket and Lawyer's Clerk, with no author mentioned, by C. Chapple in 1827.
Translations and adaptations
There is also a later one act farce, entitled The Lottery Ticket, or The Lawyers's Clerk , credited to John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879), and published by Samuel French (No CXXXVII in the series The Minor Drama, 1880). Possibly a new version of Beazley's original or it was simply wrongly attributed, as mentioned in the Harvard Library catalogue entry[3] on this text, which addresses this anomaly with the following entry:
"Acting copy. An adaptation of La maison en loterie by Picard and Radet. Wrongly attributed to John Baldwin Buckstone."
(See also Hathi Trust Digital Library catalogue entry[4] and Caliban Book Shop website[5])
Performance history in South Africa
1846: First performed as The Lottery Ticket, or the Lawyer's Clerk in Cape Town by the All the World's a Stage on Friday, 4 September, with The Brigand (Planché) and The Original (Morton).
1855: Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July 1855 by Sefton Parry as part of his farewell performance, alongside A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock (Brough) and Buried Alive, or The Visit to Japan (M'Pherson).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beazley
https://archive.org/stream/lotteryticketan00picagoog#page/n4/mode/2up
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/002662175/catalog
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001426280
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012435957
Library of Congress Internet Archive[6]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [7]: pp. 415, 433
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011207781]
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