Difference between revisions of "The Miller and his Men"
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
1843: According to [[William Groom]] (1899: p 518) a performance of the play was offered by an unnamed English company in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]] some time in 1843. It was followed by a farce. | 1843: According to [[William Groom]] (1899: p 518) a performance of the play was offered by an unnamed English company in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]] some time in 1843. It was followed by a farce. | ||
| − | 1861: Performed on 3 August in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] ("the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment") in aid of the "Distressed Lancashire Operatives" , with as afterpiece to ''[[Kiss in the Dark]]'', with a group of eight [[African Minstrels]] performing as an interlude. The person in charge of arrangements is "Colour Sergeant" [[Sergeant Heaven|Heaven]]. | + | 1861: Performed on 3 August in the [[Garrison Theatre]] by the [[Garrison Players]] ("the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment") in aid of the "Distressed Lancashire Operatives" , with as afterpiece to ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]'', with a group of eight [[African Minstrels]] performing as an interlude. The person in charge of arrangements is "Colour Sergeant" [[Sergeant Heaven|Heaven]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 06:55, 1 May 2017
The Miller and his Men is a popular English romantic melodrama , in two acts by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[1], with music by Henry R. Bishop (1786–1855)[2]
(The author's name also printed "J. Pocock" on some editions and an listed thus by Bosman, 1928).
The original text
First performed in London in 1818, and was still playing in London in 1835, and there are records of regular performances by the Garrison theatre companies in Canada and South Africa.
The text was printed in London in 1813, later printed in New York by David Longworth, 1818.
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Performed in the African Theatre by the Gentlemen Amateurs and Mr Cooke and his company, on 5 September, as afterpiece to The Birth Day (O'Keeffe), and again on 26 September (as afterpiece to Pixérécourt's The Wandering Boys, with an interlude of two songs sung by Mr Pitt and "The Bird Duet" ( from Dibdin's comic opera The Cabinet, with music by J. Braham), sung by Mr Cooke and Mrs Cooke).
1828: Performed on the January in the African Theatre by the Gentlemen Amateurs, as afterpiece to The Irish Tutor (Glengall).
1836: Performed on 3 August in the African Theatre by the Gentlemen Amateurs, as afterpiece to She Stoops to Conquer (Goldsmith), and repeated on 23 September 1836 as afterpiece to The Poor Gentleman.
1843: According to William Groom (1899: p 518) a performance of the play was offered by an unnamed English company in the Roeland Street Theatre some time in 1843. It was followed by a farce.
1861: Performed on 3 August in the Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players ("the non-commissioned officers and men of the 11th Regiment") in aid of the "Distressed Lancashire Operatives" , with as afterpiece to A Kiss in the Dark, with a group of eight African Minstrels performing as an interlude. The person in charge of arrangements is "Colour Sergeant" Heaven.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 155, 192, 196, 417.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 167, 221
William Groom 1899. "Drama in Cape Town". Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): p. 518.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bishop_(composer)
http://garrisontheatricals.com/category/history/
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
