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| − | 1860: Performed as ''[[My "Son" Diana]]'' by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 22 February, with the "screamer" (i.e. [[extravaganza]]) ''[[Caught by the Ears]]'' (Selby). | ||
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1860: Performed as ''[[My Son Diana]]'' on the Eastern Cape border on 29 October by the Sergeants of the Regiment ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) as afterpiece to ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare). The cast of the farce consisted of Sergeant [[J. Lydon]], (Mr Caraway Culpepper), Sergeant-major [[T. H. Smith]] (Mr Septimus Smith), Sergeant [[F. Edwards]] (John, a servant), Lance Corporal [[J. Davies]] (Diana, Culpepper's daughter), Corporal [[G. Brown]] (Louisa, Culpepper's niece). | 1860: Performed as ''[[My Son Diana]]'' on the Eastern Cape border on 29 October by the Sergeants of the Regiment ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) as afterpiece to ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare). The cast of the farce consisted of Sergeant [[J. Lydon]], (Mr Caraway Culpepper), Sergeant-major [[T. H. Smith]] (Mr Septimus Smith), Sergeant [[F. Edwards]] (John, a servant), Lance Corporal [[J. Davies]] (Diana, Culpepper's daughter), Corporal [[G. Brown]] (Louisa, Culpepper's niece). | ||
Revision as of 05:14, 27 October 2020
My Son Diana is a farce in one act by A. Harris (1825-1873)[1].
Also found as My "Son" Diana.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Haymarket, London , on 25th May, 1857 and at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia in 1857. Published in Boston by W.V. Spencer, [1857] as no CXXXIII of Spencer's Boston Theatre.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed as My "Son" Diana by Charles Fraser and his company in the Cabinet Theatre, Cape Town, on 22 February, with Annie Rowlands as "My son", . Also performed was the "screamer" (i.e. extravaganza) Caught by the Ears (Selby), and a selection of musical numbers.
1860: Performed as My Son Diana on the Eastern Cape border on 29 October by the Sergeants of the Regiment (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) as afterpiece to Macbeth (Shakespeare). The cast of the farce consisted of Sergeant J. Lydon, (Mr Caraway Culpepper), Sergeant-major T. H. Smith (Mr Septimus Smith), Sergeant F. Edwards (John, a servant), Lance Corporal J. Davies (Diana, Culpepper's daughter), Corporal G. Brown (Louisa, Culpepper's niece).
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001023888
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Glossop_Harris
Facsimile version of the 1857 edition, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 127-128.
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 3. November 1, 1860.
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