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''[[The Flowers of the Forest: A Gypsy Story]]'' is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–79)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]. | ''[[The Flowers of the Forest: A Gypsy Story]]'' is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–79)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]. | ||
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A play about the trial of an innocent gentleman, Alfred, for a murder that was really committed by a Gypsy boy, Lemuel.First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1847 and at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston, in 1849 and The Bowery Theatre, 1852. Published by ** in London, 1847 and in New York by Samuel French in 1855(?) | A play about the trial of an innocent gentleman, Alfred, for a murder that was really committed by a Gypsy boy, Lemuel.First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1847 and at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston, in 1849 and The Bowery Theatre, 1852. Published by ** in London, 1847 and in New York by Samuel French in 1855(?) | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of 1855(?)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=j85ZAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] | Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of 1855(?)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=j85ZAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false] | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone | ||
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| + | [[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.) | ||
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| + | [[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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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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Revision as of 05:33, 18 May 2018
The Flowers of the Forest: A Gypsy Story is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–79)[1].
Contents
The original text
A play about the trial of an innocent gentleman, Alfred, for a murder that was really committed by a Gypsy boy, Lemuel.First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1847 and at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston, in 1849 and The Bowery Theatre, 1852. Published by ** in London, 1847 and in New York by Samuel French in 1855(?)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of 1855(?)[2]
https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/img011c.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
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.
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
