The Bengal Tiger
The Bengal Tiger is a farce in one act by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[1].
According to Bernt Lindfors (2011: pp. 311-312), this play should not be confused with Un Tigre du Bengale by Édouard Brisebarre (1815-1871)[2] and Marc-Michel (1812-1868)[3].
Contents
The original text
Telling of a visit by a rich but stingy uncle from India, it was first performed at Madame Vestris's Royal Olympic Theatre on 16 December, 1837 and published in London by J. Dicks as Issue 366 of Dicks' standard plays; Volume 15 of Modern English Comic Theatre, and Chapman and Hall, all in 1838
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1893: According to F.C.L. Bosman, a play called De Bengaalsche Tijger (and accredited to "Brissebarre and Michel") was performed as one of seven plays done in the President Theatre, Pretoria, by Onze Taal in this year, most probably directed by Dirk Balfoort. Given the title, this may have been the Dance play however.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Lelong text, Google E-book[4]
Facsimile version of the 1837 text of The Bengal Tiger by Dance, Hathi Trust Digital Library[5]
David Worrall. 2015. Harlequin Empire: Race, Ethnicity and the Drama of the Popular Enlightenment, Routledge[6]
https://www.amazon.fr/Bengale-Brisebarre-Marc-Michel-Montansier-septembre/dp/B001CF051G
Bernth Lindfors. 2011. Ira Aldridge: Performing Shakespeare in Europe, 1852-1855, Boydell & Brewer[7]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.484.
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