Ivanhoe, or The Knight Templar

Ivanhoe, or The Knight Templar is a stage play by Sir Walter Scott[1] and Charles Farley (1771–1859)[2].

The original text

Based on Scott's original novel Ivanhoe[3], apparently adapted by Scott himself, then staged by Farley at the Theatre Royal at Covent Garden, London on 2 March, 1820, with music by Dr Kitchener. First printed by W. Smith in the same year.

Performance history in South Africa

1835: Performed by the Private English Company in The African Theatre, Cape Town, with as afterpiece to All at Coventry, or Love and Laugh (Moncrieff)

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farley

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 206,

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