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1875: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 1 July by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Byron). | 1875: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 1 July by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Byron). | ||
| − | 1878: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 September by the [[Smith and Thatcher Company]], announced as the "Last appearance of Miss [[Ada Ward]]" and benefit for Mr [[H. Smith]]. The play falsely | + | 1878: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 September by the [[Smith and Thatcher Company]], announced as the "Last appearance of Miss [[Ada Ward]]" and benefit for Mr [[H. Smith]]. The play falsely advertised as being done "for the first time in Cape Town". Also performed was ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Lytton). |
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Latest revision as of 06:54, 1 July 2021
Un Service à Blanchard ("A service to Blanchard") is a vaudeville in 1 one act by Eugène Lemoine-Moreau (1806-1876)[1] and Alfred Delacour (1817-1783)[2]
F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p. 372) wrongly ascribes the work to "F. Vaude".
Contents
The original text
First performed in Paris at the , Gymnase, on 6 April 1852.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted from the French vaudeville as To Oblige Benson by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[3] and termed a comedietta in one act. First performed on 6 March 1854, at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London. The English text published by Samuel French, 1854.
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed as To Oblige Benson on 28 July in the Harrington Street Theatre by the Cape Town Dramatic Club, with An Unwarrantable Intrusion (Morton) and My First Fit of the Gout (Morton).
1861: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Sefton Parry and his company on 19 August in the Theatre Royal, with The Lost Ship (Townsend).
1861: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Sefton Parry and his company on 19 September in the Theatre Royal, with Black-Ey'd Susan (Jerrold).
1862: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Sefton Parry and his company on 15 March in the Theatre Royal, with Jack the Giant-Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur and Queen of the Fairy Bees (Byron?).
1873: Performed as To Oblige Benson by the Garrison Amateur Theatricals in the Oddfellows' Hall, Cape Town, on 9 January, with A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock (Brough), as a benefit for the widow of a certain "W. Keet".
1873: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Disney Roebuck's company on board ship in Cape Town shortly after their arrival during November, with The School for Scandal (Sheridan), the performances in aid of the "Cape Town Dispensary".
1873: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Disney Roebuck's company in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town, on 9 December, with Pygmalion and Galatea (Gilbert).
1874: Performed as To Oblige Benson in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town on 9 January by the Disney Roebuck company, with Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp (Byron).
1875: Performed as To Oblige Benson in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town on 1 July by the Disney Roebuck company, with Aurora Floyd (Byron).
1878: Performed as To Oblige Benson in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 20 September by the Smith and Thatcher Company, announced as the "Last appearance of Miss Ada Ward" and benefit for Mr H. Smith. The play falsely advertised as being done "for the first time in Cape Town". Also performed was The Lady of Lyons (Lytton).
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 14[4]
https://www.amazon.fr/Service-Blanchard-vaudeville-Delacour-Gymnase/dp/B001C5KB2Y
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Moreau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Delacour
Facsimile version of the Samuel French English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[5]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 98-9, 111, 145, 267, 306, 310, 311, 325, 372
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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