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According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980), citing the theatrical reminiscences of [[William Groom]] (1899-1900), a play with the strange name of ''[[Captain Charlotte, or Hearts and Trumps]]'' was performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in Cape Town in 1866. Bosman suggests that the author may have been Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[https://www.google.co.za/search?source=hp&ei=twqrW5TzMMXmsAf2p5zYAw&q=edward+stirling+playwright&oq=Edward+Stirling&gs_l=psy-ab.1.5.0j0i22i30k1l9.978.978.0.6498.1.1.0.0.0.0.330.330.3-1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.329....0.5Pew9DneKGk]. | According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980), citing the theatrical reminiscences of [[William Groom]] (1899-1900), a play with the strange name of ''[[Captain Charlotte, or Hearts and Trumps]]'' was performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in Cape Town in 1866. Bosman suggests that the author may have been Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[https://www.google.co.za/search?source=hp&ei=twqrW5TzMMXmsAf2p5zYAw&q=edward+stirling+playwright&oq=Edward+Stirling&gs_l=psy-ab.1.5.0j0i22i30k1l9.978.978.0.6498.1.1.0.0.0.0.330.330.3-1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.329....0.5Pew9DneKGk]. | ||
| − | However, no such work (by Stirling or an other author) has been traced to date, and it seems far more likely that the title actually refers to a performance of ''[[Hearts are Trumps]]'', a well-known farce by Mark Lemon (1809–1870)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lemon,_Mark_(DNB00)] that opened at The Strand Theatre in London on 30 July, 1849. Published by Dicks. | + | However, no such work (by Stirling or an other author) has been traced to date, and it seems far more likely that the title actually refers to a performance of ''[[Hearts are Trumps]]'', a well-known farce by Mark Lemon (1809–1870)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lemon,_Mark_(DNB00)] that opened at The Strand Theatre in London on 30 July, 1849. Published by Dicks (No 1058). |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
Revision as of 06:06, 13 August 2019
According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980), citing the theatrical reminiscences of William Groom (1899-1900), a play with the strange name of Captain Charlotte, or Hearts and Trumps was performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in Cape Town in 1866. Bosman suggests that the author may have been Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[1].
However, no such work (by Stirling or an other author) has been traced to date, and it seems far more likely that the title actually refers to a performance of Hearts are Trumps, a well-known farce by Mark Lemon (1809–1870)[2] that opened at The Strand Theatre in London on 30 July, 1849. Published by Dicks (No 1058).
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Captain Charlotte, or Hearts and Trumps performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 29th March, with The Momentous Question, or Woman's Devotion (Fitzball).
Sources
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lemon,_Mark_(DNB00)
Allardyce Nicoll. 1930. A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850 Cambridge University Press (CUP Archive): Vol II, p.335 (Google E-book)[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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