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''[[The Cape Mail]]'' is a one act play by Clement Scott (1841–1904)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Scott] | ''[[The Cape Mail]]'' is a one act play by Clement Scott (1841–1904)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Scott] | ||
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| + | ==The original text== | ||
Founded on an incident in ''[[Jeanne qui Pleure et Jeanne qui Rit]]'', a French comedy in four acts by (1859) by Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir and Ange de Kéraniou (published in January 1860 by Michel Lévy frères and first performed in Paris at the Gymnase-dramatique, 4 April 1860). | Founded on an incident in ''[[Jeanne qui Pleure et Jeanne qui Rit]]'', a French comedy in four acts by (1859) by Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir and Ange de Kéraniou (published in January 1860 by Michel Lévy frères and first performed in Paris at the Gymnase-dramatique, 4 April 1860). | ||
| − | Scott adapted the play to deal with the battle of Rorke's Drift (1879). Originally published: London , S. French in 1881, as French's acting edition, no. 1784.; and London and New York: Macmillan, 1899. | + | ==Translations and adaptations== |
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| + | In 1864 Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), Charles Nuitter (1828-1899) and Etienne Tréfeu produced an operetta in one act by this title. | ||
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| + | Scott adapted the play (perhaps the opera?) to deal with the battle of Rorke's Drift (1879). Originally published: London , S. French in 1881, as French's acting edition, no. 1784.; and London and New York: Macmillan, 1899. | ||
First performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London on 11 October, 1897, playing till 2 February 1898. | First performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London on 11 October, 1897, playing till 2 February 1898. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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https://www.amazon.fr/Livres-Ange-de-Keraniou/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A301061%2Cp_27%3AAnge%20de%20Keraniou | https://www.amazon.fr/Livres-Ange-de-Keraniou/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A301061%2Cp_27%3AAnge%20de%20Keraniou | ||
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| + | https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jeanne_qui_pleure_et_Jeanne_qui_rit_Com%C3%A9die_en_qua?id=uiNdAAAAcAAJ&hl=sw | ||
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011541633 | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011541633 | ||
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J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press: p. 358[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA358&lpg=PA358&dq=The+Cpae+Mail+Clement+Scott&source=bl&ots=hfgYUeNk3C&sig=tP2izBkC8YXu3_j2tWxdB_hBeFE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMkYrL_KTbAhWlAsAKHTXWBMoQ6AEITzAI#v=onepage&q=The%20Cpae%20Mail%20Clement%20Scott&f=false] | J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Scarecrow Press: p. 358[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nF8pAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA358&lpg=PA358&dq=The+Cpae+Mail+Clement+Scott&source=bl&ots=hfgYUeNk3C&sig=tP2izBkC8YXu3_j2tWxdB_hBeFE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMkYrL_KTbAhWlAsAKHTXWBMoQ6AEITzAI#v=onepage&q=The%20Cpae%20Mail%20Clement%20Scott&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.) | ||
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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 == | ||
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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 06:41, 27 May 2018
The Cape Mail is a one act play by Clement Scott (1841–1904)[1]
Contents
The original text
Founded on an incident in Jeanne qui Pleure et Jeanne qui Rit, a French comedy in four acts by (1859) by Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir and Ange de Kéraniou (published in January 1860 by Michel Lévy frères and first performed in Paris at the Gymnase-dramatique, 4 April 1860).
Translations and adaptations
In 1864 Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), Charles Nuitter (1828-1899) and Etienne Tréfeu produced an operetta in one act by this title.
Scott adapted the play (perhaps the opera?) to deal with the battle of Rorke's Drift (1879). Originally published: London , S. French in 1881, as French's acting edition, no. 1784.; and London and New York: Macmillan, 1899.
First performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London on 11 October, 1897, playing till 2 February 1898.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011541633
http://www.worldcat.org/title/cape-mail-a-drama-in-one-act/oclc/9151818
J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Scarecrow Press: p. 358[2]
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
