The Little Sentinel
The Little Sentinel is a comedietta in one act by Thomas J. Williams (1824-1874)[1].
Also found as The Little Sentinel! or simply Little Sentinel.
Contents
The original text
First performed at St James's Theatre, London on 4 May, 1863 and published in London by T.H. Lacy in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed as The Little Sentinel by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 12 September, with Mrs Duret in the leading role of "May". Also performed were a new dance performance and a production of the local play Governor van Noot, or Things as They Were (C. Utting). The programme was possibly repeated on 13 and 17 September, on the latter occasion as a benefit evening for Utting.
1866: Performed as part of a "Grand Gala Night" in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town on 22 September by the Le Roy and Duret Company with The Queen of the Abruzzi (Coyne) and Don Juan (described as a "Magnificent Ballet" , it was probably a company version of Gluck and Calzabigi's Don Juan, ou Le Festin de Pierre).
Sources
J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 30). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[2]
http://www.worldcat.org.nz/title/little-sentinel-a-comedietta-in-one-act/oclc/9037007
Online Books by Thomas J. Williams, The Online Books Page[3]
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.212, 215, 218
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