Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy
Guy Mannering, or The Gipsey's Prophecy is a musical play in three acts by Daniel Terry (1780?-1829)[1], with music by which Henry Bishop (1786–1855)[2].
Sometimes simply referred to as Guy Mannering.
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The original text
Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering or The Astrologer (1815), which was dramatised by Scott's associate Daniel Terry and first performed in London on 12 March 1816 at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, with a musical score by Henry Bishop. Originally published by John Miller, London, in 1816. In 1860 Samuel French, New York, published an American edition of the text, with a useful short editorial introduction by "H.L.".
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1836: Performed as Guy Mannering in Cape Town by the Garrison Players on 31 August, with The Review (Colman Jr) as afterpiece.
1884-5: Performed as Guy Mannering by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009721724
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Mannering
Facsimile version of the original 1816 published playtext: Google E-book[3]
Facsimile version of the 1860 published playtext, with an editorial introduction: The Internet Archive[4]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 196,
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