Scenes from Robinson Crusoe
Scenes from Robinson Crusoe is a reference to a Cape Town production of scenes from Daniel Defoe's novel, done by the Disney Roebuck company in 1877-1878.
Contents
The original text
See the entry on Robinson Crusoe
Translations and adaptations
No indication is given of which of the many dramatized versions of the text was being used ((see Robinson Crusoe), nor any indication of an adaptor. Possibly a dramatization by Roebuck himself, or by a cast member.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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.
