The Harvest Storm
The Harvest Storm is a play by Colin Henry Hazlewood (1823-1875)[1]
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The original text
First performed at the Britannia Theatre, London, in 1862 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy as No. 82 of his series Acting Edition of Plays)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed as The Harvest Storm in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 6 November by the OIO Christy's Minstrels, led by Alfred Ray as "Sloppy Sam", now performing as a Christy's troupe under the auspices of the Ray and Cooper Company. Also on the programme were as the "Grand sensation Bal Masqué" (), and "Prof Pepper's Ghost, as exhibited at the Polytechnic, London".
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 1932. (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.203-205
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