Difference between revisions of "The Rose of Arragon"
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| − | 1850 Performed by the [[Garrison Players|Garrison Amateur Players]], led by [[Captain Hall]], on 31 July , with ''[[A Practical Man | + | 1850 Performed by the [[Garrison Players|Garrison Amateur Players]], led by [[Captain Hall]], on 31 July , with ''[[A Practical Man]]'' (Bernard - wrongly announced as ''[[The Practical Man]]''). |
1850: Repeated by the [[Garrison Players|Garrison Amateur Players]] on 9 August with ''[[Shocking Events]]'' (Buckstone) as afterpiece. | 1850: Repeated by the [[Garrison Players|Garrison Amateur Players]] on 9 August with ''[[Shocking Events]]'' (Buckstone) as afterpiece. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:10, 12 June 2017
The Rose of Arragon is a verse play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784 - 1862)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 4 June, 1842. Published by Edward Moxon in 1842.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1850 Performed by the Garrison Amateur Players, led by Captain Hall, on 31 July , with A Practical Man (Bernard - wrongly announced as The Practical Man).
1850: Repeated by the Garrison Amateur Players on 9 August with Shocking Events (Buckstone) as afterpiece.
Sources
Facsimile of the 1842 edition of the play, The Internet Archive[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles
The Athenaeum No 763, Saturday, 11 June 1842[3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 399,
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