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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1878: Presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] as a benefit for [[Joyce Egerton]], and featuring herself and her husband, [[George Case]], in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 16 August. Also performed were two sketches by [[Sutton Vane]], ''[[Christopher Colly-wobble]]'' and ''[[The Old Cane Chair]]''. | + | 1878: Presented by [[Disney Roebuck]] (as ''[[Trip to the Rhine]]'', according to [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980) as a benefit for [[Joyce Egerton]], and featuring herself and her husband, [[George Case]], in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, on 16 August. Also performed were two sketches by [[Sutton Vane]], ''[[Christopher Colly-wobble]]'' and ''[[The Old Cane Chair]]''. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 05:38, 27 December 2018
Our Trip to the Rhine is a comic sketch by George Isaacs (1825-1876)[1]
Also found simply as Trip to the Rhine.
Contents
The original text
Written specifically to suit the various skills of the popular British actress Joyce Egerton by George Isaacs in 1864. It was performed by Joyce Egerton and George Case (Mrs Case and Mr Case), opening in Melbourne in late 1864 and opened in Adelaide in March 1865, going on to other parts of the empire, including South Africa.
Translations and adaptations
It would become Isaacs's most successful stage work, performed all over the world, in various versions.
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Presented by Disney Roebuck (as Trip to the Rhine, according to F.C.L. Bosman, 1980) as a benefit for Joyce Egerton, and featuring herself and her husband, George Case, in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, on 16 August. Also performed were two sketches by Sutton Vane, Christopher Colly-wobble and The Old Cane Chair.
Sources
Anne Black. 2013. A Colonial Wordsmith: George Isaacs in Adelaide, 1860-1870, In: Philip Butterss. 2013. Adelaide: a literary city. University of Adelaide Press: pp. 39-56. JStor[2]
http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/isaacs-george-samuel-26903
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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