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1845: Performed in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 July by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Wandering Boys, or The Castle of Olival]]'' (Pixérécourt). | 1845: Performed in the [[Roeland Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 July by [[All the World's a Stage]], as afterpiece to ''[[The Wandering Boys, or The Castle of Olival]]'' (Pixérécourt). | ||
| − | 1861: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Juvenile Amateurs]], assisted by [[Annie Rowlands]], with ''[[Chesterfield Thinskin]]'' (Maddox) and ''[[The Miller of Whetstone | + | 1861: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Juvenile Amateurs]], assisted by [[Annie Rowlands]], with ''[[Chesterfield Thinskin]]'' (Maddox) and ''[[The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter]]'' (Wilks) |
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Revision as of 12:27, 27 May 2020
The Queer Subject is one-act farce by Joseph Stirling Coyne[1] (1803-1868)
Contents
The original text
A farce about grave robbing, written in response to the Anatomy Act of 1832. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi, November 1836; Publication Date: 1836
Translations and adaptations
Performances in South Africa
1845: Performed in the Roeland Street Theatre, Cape Town on 17 July by All the World's a Stage, as afterpiece to The Wandering Boys, or The Castle of Olival (Pixérécourt).
1861: Performed in Cape Town by the Juvenile Amateurs, assisted by Annie Rowlands, with Chesterfield Thinskin (Maddox) and The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter (Wilks)
Sources
http://antiques.gift/the-queer-subject-a-farce-in-one-act_9577484.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stirling_Coyne
Celeste Louise Pottier, 2008. Bodies as Texts, Texts as Bodies: Corpses in Nineteenth-century British Literature[2]: p. 50.
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 413-4
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