The Warlock of the Glen
The Warlock of the Glen is a melodrama in two acts by Charles Edward Walker (fl. 1820s).
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The original text
It appears to have been a popular melodrama and one of the works that launched the interest in Gothic literature.
First performed in the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on 2 October, 1820.
Published in London J. Duncombe & Co., 1820(?); Samuel French in 1850 and W. V. Spencer in 1855(?) (as no CXIV of Spencer's Boston Theatre).
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Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed by Clara Tellett's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 10 July, with Love in Humble Life (Scribe/Payne) and a "clog dance" by Mr Stokes.
1862: Performed by Clara Tellett's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 14 July, with The Prima Donna (Boucicault) and a "clog dance" by Mr Stokes.
1867: Performed on 4 April , in association with Mrs Cooper, as part of a "Dramatic and Gymnastic Display" done as a benefit for J. Stonely by the 9th Regiment in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town. Also performed was new pantomime by Stonely called The Courtier and the Shoemaker.
Sources
Volume 46 of The Victorian Plays Project[1]
Facsimile version of the 1855(?) edition by Spencer, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 131, 134, 136, 259
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