The Royal Quixote
The Royal Quixote is a three-act drama "arranged by members of the Dramatic Club" of the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot.
Contents
The original text
The play was based on a short tale by Susanna Moodie (1803-1885)[1], apparently written in 1824 and first published in the Literary Garland of 1838. John Thurston, editor of Mrs Moodie's short stories, calls it a "long and rather tedious story about King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden".
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: The Officers of the Garrison gave three performances of this work in the Keiskama Hoek Garrison Theatre on 30 August 30, 11 September and 19 September. The cast consisted of Captain G. E. Bulger (Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden), Captain C. Hudson (Prince George of Brandenburgh), C. H. Newbatt Esq. (Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburgh), G. P. Townsend Esq. (Prince Bernard of Brandenburgh), J. S. Brougham Esq. (Prince Otho of Mecklenburgh), E. Saunder Esq. (Oxenstiern, Chancellor of Sweden), T. H. Smith Esq. (Theodore Zuski), Private G. Dawe (Eric, Page to Gustavus Adolphus), Lance-Corporal W. Allan (Demetrius, servant to Theodore Zuski), Miss Pauline Davies {Private J. Davies} (Princess Sophia of Mecklenburgh), Miss Frances Hastings {A. H. Handley} Esq. (Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburgh), Mademiselle Claudine Saint_Germain {Drummer J. Murray} (Countess Aurora). Also performed were Thomas J. Williams' one-act farce, The Ugly Customer and John Maddison Morton's one-act farce, Don't Judge by Appearances.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Moodie
Facsimile version of the first 3 chapters of the original story, as published in The Literary Garland Volume 1, No. 1 pp. 321-330[2]
John Thurston. 1991. "Introduction" to Voyages: Short Narratives of Susanna Moodie. University of Ottawa Press: p.xvii[3]
North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 14. December 10th 1862.
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