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''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is a pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884) | ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is a pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884) | ||
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This is one of two works by Byron, both based on Defoe's novel ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. | This is one of two works by Byron, both based on Defoe's novel ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]''. | ||
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''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year. | ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year. | ||
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the Miles edition of 1868, Hathi Thrust Digital Library[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015078556118;view=1up;seq=1] | ||
[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Revision as of 06:29, 2 May 2018
Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies is a pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884)
Contents
The original text
This is one of two works by Byron, both based on Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.
(The other is a burlesque called Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!, 1860)
Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Facsimile version of the Miles edition of 1868, Hathi Thrust Digital Library[1]
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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