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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Based on Daniel Defoe's book ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' (1719), the text used for this production is not mentioned, but is almost certainly based on one of the versions by Byron.
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''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is a pantomime by Byron first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year. It probably is the main source for subsequent [[pantomime]]s based on Defoe's novel.  In this case the text used for this production is not mentioned, but is almost certainly also based on Byron's original version.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:03, 9 April 2021

Robinson Crusoe. A Pantomime is a Christmas pantomime.

The original text

Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies is a pantomime by Byron first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year. It probably is the main source for subsequent pantomimes based on Defoe's novel. In this case the text used for this production is not mentioned, but is almost certainly also based on Byron's original version.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1939-1940: Produced by African Consolidated Theatres , with Moira Lister as "Fairy Coraline".



Sources

Scrapbook held by NELM: [Collection: LISTER, Moira]: 2007. 20. 6. 1.

African Consolidated Theatres Ltd dramatic contract dated 8 December 1939 for the Robinson Crusoe pantomime, held by NELM.


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