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1862: Performed (apparently for the last time) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company, on 2 May in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, a benefit for [[John Howard]]. Also performed was ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' (Buckstone). | 1862: Performed (apparently for the last time) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company, on 2 May in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, a benefit for [[John Howard]]. Also performed was ''[[A Dead Shot]]'' (Buckstone). | ||
| − | 1864: A reading of the play performed by [[ | + | 1864: A reading of the play performed by [[Thomas Brazier]], as one of his series of [[Dramatic Readings]] held every alternate Monday in the Cape Town [[City Hall]] between 4 July and 7 November. (Other plays in the series of seven works read were Bulwer-Lytton's ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' and five plays by Shakespeare: ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[King John]]'' and ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]''.) |
1877: Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 November, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by [[Miss Wynne]]. | 1877: Performed as ''[[The Hunchback]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 8 November, with ''[[Good for Nothing]]'' (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by [[Miss Wynne]]. | ||
Revision as of 04:54, 13 April 2020
The Hunchback is a play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)[1]
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1832, with Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble and Knowles himself in the cast. Published in London the same year by E. Moxon.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company, on 27 May in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, with Mr & Mrs Peter White (Raymond).
1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company, on 6 June in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, with Stage Struck, or The Loves of Augustus Portarlington and Celestine Beverly (Dimond).
1862: Performed (apparently for the last time) by Sefton Parry and his company, on 2 May in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, a benefit for John Howard. Also performed was A Dead Shot (Buckstone).
1864: A reading of the play performed by Thomas Brazier, as one of his series of Dramatic Readings held every alternate Monday in the Cape Town City Hall between 4 July and 7 November. (Other plays in the series of seven works read were Bulwer-Lytton's The Lady of Lyons and five plays by Shakespeare: Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, King John and Much Ado about Nothing.)
1877: Performed as The Hunchback by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 8 November, with Good for Nothing (Buckstone), and a ballad sung by Miss Wynne.
1877: Performed by the Disney Roebuck Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 15 November, with Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half (Morton).
Sources
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3480
Facsimile version of the 1832 text, The Internet Archive[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik.
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