Difference between revisions of "The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden"
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| − | Translated into English as ''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' by Charles Shannon ()[] | + | Translated into English as ''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' by Charles Shannon ()[], performed in The Bowery Theatre, New York in 1852 and published by Samuel French in 1857 (Issue 196 of French's standard drama: Acting edition) as ''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' (on the cover, though a fuller title, ''[[The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden]]'', appears inside the text.) The play is credited simply to "Shannon", and no mention is made of Bayard. |
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden#Legacy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden#Legacy | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the 1857 English text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035510786&view=1up&seq=11] | ||
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Youthful_Queen.html?id=O-o7AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Youthful_Queen.html?id=O-o7AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y | ||
Revision as of 07:07, 25 September 2020
is a comedy in two acts by Shannon
The Youthful Queen is a comedy in two acts by Jean-François-Alfred Bayard (1796-1853)[].
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as The Youthful Queen by Charles Shannon ()[], performed in The Bowery Theatre, New York in 1852 and published by Samuel French in 1857 (Issue 196 of French's standard drama: Acting edition) as The Youthful Queen (on the cover, though a fuller title, The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden, appears inside the text.) The play is credited simply to "Shannon", and no mention is made of Bayard.
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed as The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 18 August, with a performance of the song "The Carpenter" by "an amateur" and An Object of Interest (Stocqueler).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden#Legacy
Facsimile version of the 1857 English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Youthful_Queen.html?id=O-o7AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.132,
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