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| − | 1861: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and company as ''[[The Chimney Corner, or A True Story]]'' on 16 September, with the [[burlesque]] of ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The King of the | + | 1861: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and company as ''[[The Chimney Corner, or A True Story]]'' on 16 September, with the [[burlesque]] of ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The King of the Caribbee Islands]]. |
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Revision as of 06:36, 20 December 2018
The Chimney Corner is a domestic drama by Henry Thornton Craven (1818–1905)[1]
Also found as The Chimney Corner, or A True Story
Contents
The original text
The Chimney Corner was first performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, on 21 February 1861.
Published in London and New York by Samuel French as Number CCCXLVI of French's Standard Drama (1861?) and in New York also by C.T. De Witt (1861?)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Sefton Parry and company as The Chimney Corner, or A True Story on 16 September, with the burlesque of Robinson Crusoe, or The King of the Caribbee Islands.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Samuel French edition of the play text, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thornton_Craven
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 99, 108, 326, 363-4
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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