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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 Théâtre 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 Théâtre Gymnase-dramatique, 4 April 1860).  
  
In 1864 Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) adapted it as a German operetta in one act by called ''[[Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht]]'' ("Hanni who cries and Hansi who laughs"), with a libretto by an unnamed author. This was then - more famously - rewritten in French as ''[[Jeanne qui Pleure et Jeanne qui Rit]]'' (with  
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In 1864 Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) adapted it as an operetta in one act by called ''[[Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht]]'' ("Hanni who cries and Hansi who laughs"), in German (with a libretto by an unnamed author) and in French as ''[[Jeanne qui Pleure et Jeanne qui Rit]]'' (with a libretto by Charles Nuitter (1828-1899) and Etienne Tréfeu ).
a libretto by Charles Nuitter (1828-1899) and Etienne Tréfeu  
 
  
 
Scott's play (probably based on the one act opera) was written shortly after, and refers to the battle of Rorke's Drift in Natal (1879).  Originally published in English by [[Samuel French]] in 1881, as French's acting edition, no. 1784.;  and again in London and New York by Macmillan in 1899.
 
Scott's play (probably based on the one act opera) was written shortly after, and refers to the battle of Rorke's Drift in Natal (1879).  Originally published in English by [[Samuel French]] in 1881, as French's acting edition, no. 1784.;  and again in London and New York by Macmillan in 1899.

Revision as of 06:19, 14 June 2019

The Cape Mail is a one act play by Clement Scott (1841–1904)[1]

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 Théâtre Gymnase-dramatique, 4 April 1860).

In 1864 Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) adapted it as an operetta in one act by called Die Hanni weint, der Hansi lacht ("Hanni who cries and Hansi who laughs"), in German (with a libretto by an unnamed author) and in French as Jeanne qui Pleure et Jeanne qui Rit (with a libretto by Charles Nuitter (1828-1899) and Etienne Tréfeu ).

Scott's play (probably based on the one act opera) was written shortly after, and refers to the battle of Rorke's Drift in Natal (1879). Originally published in English by Samuel French in 1881, as French's acting edition, no. 1784.; and again in London and New York by Macmillan in 1899.

Performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London on 11 October, 1897, playing till 2 February 1898.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1885: Performed as The Cape Mail in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced by Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler during the course of the year.

Sources

https://www.amazon.fr/Livres-Ange-de-Keraniou/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A301061%2Cp_27%3AAnge%20de%20Keraniou

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

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: p. 381.

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