Harlequin Skeleton
Harlequin Skeleton is a pantomime by an anonymous author/creator.
Also found as Harlequin Skeleton, or Trick upon Trick, Harlequin the Skeleton and Harlequin Transformed into a Skeleton.
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It is apparently is one of the oldest Harlequinades or pantomimes on record, with performances being recorded in Liverpool (16 July 1774).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1864: Apparently in the Circus Building, Cape Town, by the Feroni Family (or a company working with them).
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.188
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.401[1]
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