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| − | ''[[Called Back]]'' is a play by | + | ''[[Called Back]]'' is a play by Hugh Conway (1847–1885))[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Conway] and J.C. Carr ()[]. |
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| − | Based on a mystery/romance novella entitled ''Called Back'' by Hugh Conway (Frederick John Fargus | + | Based on a mystery/romance novella entitled ''Called Back'' by Hugh Conway (Frederick John Fargus)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Conway], published in Bristol by J. W. Arrowsmith, in 1883 and Henry Holt in New York in 1884. |
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| + | Adapted for the stage by Conway in collaboration with J.Comyns Carr it was first staged in the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on 20 May, 1884. It had some popular success in England and America. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1885: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 March, with Roebuck in the role of "Paolo Macari". He repeated it on the 21st, his last appearance on stage, before his untimely death on March 22. | ||
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| + | 1904: Performed in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by [[Leonard Rayne]] and company | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Conway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Conway | ||
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| + | Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2, Cambridge University Press: p.323[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA323&lpg=PA323&dq=called+back+conway+Lacy&source=bl&ots=d77xsw-ju9&sig=6SqhLFwG78IlqaujZML6tFDn7g0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3kPqJ85_bAhUKCsAKHR-LBQYQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=called%20back%20conway%20Lacy&f=false] | ||
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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.) | ||
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 356, 380, 421 | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 356, 380, 421 | ||
Revision as of 05:34, 25 May 2018
Called Back is a play by Hugh Conway (1847–1885))[1] and J.C. Carr ()[].
Contents
The original text
Based on a mystery/romance novella entitled Called Back by Hugh Conway (Frederick John Fargus)[2], published in Bristol by J. W. Arrowsmith, in 1883 and Henry Holt in New York in 1884.
Adapted for the stage by Conway in collaboration with J.Comyns Carr it was first staged in the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on 20 May, 1884. It had some popular success in England and America.
Translations and adaptations
The play was made into a feature-length Australian film named Called Back (W. J. Lincoln, 1911).
Performance history in South Africa
1885: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 19 March, with Roebuck in the role of "Paolo Macari". He repeated it on the 21st, his last appearance on stage, before his untimely death on March 22.
1904: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by Leonard Rayne and company
Sources
http://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Called_Back&action=edit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Conway
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2, Cambridge University Press: p.323[3]
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. 356, 380, 421
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