Difference between revisions of "The Poor Gentleman"
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1812: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 August by the [[Garrison Players]], with Hoare's ''[[Lock and Key]]'' as afterpiece (though cited by Bosman as ''[[The Lock and Key]]''.) | 1812: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 August by the [[Garrison Players]], with Hoare's ''[[Lock and Key]]'' as afterpiece (though cited by Bosman as ''[[The Lock and Key]]''.) | ||
− | 1812: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 7 September by the [[Garrison Players]], with ''[[The Waterman, or The First of August]]''(Dibdin). | + | 1812: Performed in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on 7 September by the [[Garrison Players]], with ''[[The Waterman, or The First of August]]'' (Dibdin). |
1816: Presented in Cape Town on Saturday 20 April by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], with as afterpiece ''[[Raising the Wind]]'' (Kenney). | 1816: Presented in Cape Town on Saturday 20 April by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[African Theatre]], with as afterpiece ''[[Raising the Wind]]'' (Kenney). | ||
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1836: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 23 September, with ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) as afterpiece. | 1836: Performed in Cape Town by the [[Garrison Players]] on 23 September, with ''[[The Miller and his Men]]'' (Pocock) as afterpiece. | ||
− | 1858: Performed in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 25 June by [[Sefton Parry]] and his copany, with ''[[The Rough Diamond]]''( | + | 1858: Performed in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 25 June by [[Sefton Parry]] and his copany, with ''[[The Rough Diamond]]'' (Buckstone). |
== Sources == | == Sources == |
Revision as of 05:18, 6 March 2021
The Poor Gentleman is a comedy, in five acts by George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden on the 11th of February 1801. Printed by A. Strahan, for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802.
Translations and Adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1808: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Officers of the Garrison on 12 September, with The Padlock (Bickerstaffe and Dibdin). Among the performers was a certain Billy Pitt.
1809: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the Officers of the Garrison on 13 February as afterpiece to Katharine and Petruchio (Shakespeare/Garrick)
1812: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 3 August by the Garrison Players, with Hoare's Lock and Key as afterpiece (though cited by Bosman as The Lock and Key.)
1812: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town on 7 September by the Garrison Players, with The Waterman, or The First of August (Dibdin).
1816: Presented in Cape Town on Saturday 20 April by the Garrison Players in the African Theatre, with as afterpiece Raising the Wind (Kenney).
1822: Played by the Garrison Players on 4 October 1822 in the African Theatre, with The Irishman in London (Macready) as afterpiece.
1822: Played by the Garrison Players on 12 October 1822 in the African Theatre, with Amoroso, King of Little Britain (Planché) as afterpiece.
1824: Played by the Garrison Players on 5 November in the African Theatre, with The Irishman in London (Macready) as a benefit for Mrs Green and Mrs Johnson.
1828: Played by the Gentlemen Amateur Company (probably a reference to the Garrison Players) in August, in the African Theatre, with Billy Button (Astley).
1836: Performed in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 23 September, with The Miller and his Men (Pocock) as afterpiece.
1858: Performed in the Cape Town Theatre on 25 June by Sefton Parry and his copany, with The Rough Diamond (Buckstone).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Colman_the_Younger
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008928037
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp.77, 143, 149, 182, 186, 193, 196
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