David Copperfield

David Copperfield is a novel by Charles Dickens.

The original text

Originally called The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery, it was first published as a serial in 1849–50, and as a book in 1850.

Translations and adaptations

Little Em'ly by Andrew Halliday (1869)

Adapted for the stage as Little Em'ly by Andrew Halliday (1830-1877)[1] in 1869. Warmly approved by Dickens himself, the play enjoyed a long run at Drury Lane and throughout the colonies. Also found as Little Emily, or The Ark on the Sands

Performance history in South Africa

1877: Performed as Little Emily, or The Ark on the Sands in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 6 and 9 October, with The Happy Pair (Lover).

Sources

"David Halliday", The Online Book Page [2]

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.361,

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