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| − | The play was based on the life of the actor Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Grimaldi] and was first performed at | + | The play was based on ''[[La Vie dune Comediènne]]'' by Anicet-Bourgois and Théodore Barrière, and deals with the life of the actor Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Grimaldi] and apparently was first performed at the National Theatre, Cincinnati, on September 24, 1855 and later at The Theatre, New Orleans, with Boucicault as Grimaldi. |
Published by Samuel French, 1856 as Issue 159 of French's standard drama and no 444 of Dick's Standard Plays | Published by Samuel French, 1856 as Issue 159 of French's standard drama and no 444 of Dick's Standard Plays | ||
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Grimaldi, or The Life of an Actress is a drama in five acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[1].
Also found as Grimaldi, The Life of an Actress, Grimaldi, or Scenes in the Life of an Actress or Violet, or Scenes in the Life of an Actress.
Contents
The original text
The play was based on La Vie dune Comediènne by Anicet-Bourgois and Théodore Barrière, and deals with the life of the actor Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837)[2] and apparently was first performed at the National Theatre, Cincinnati, on September 24, 1855 and later at The Theatre, New Orleans, with Boucicault as Grimaldi.
Published by Samuel French, 1856 as Issue 159 of French's standard drama and no 444 of Dick's Standard Plays
Translations and adaptations
In 1914 the play was turned into a silent film Grimaldi[3] directed by Charles E. Vernon.
Performance history in South Africa
1876: Performed as The Life of an Actress in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town by Captain Disney Roebuck's company on 29 June, with Aunt Charlotte's Maid (Morton).
Sources
Robert Hogan. 1969. Dion Boucicault. New York: Twayne Publishers, p.129[4]
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Grimaldi.html?id=iO1MAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/specialcollections/item-images/pdf/F190278.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 340, 363-4.
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