The Libertine
The Libertine is a tragedy written by Thomas Shadwell (1642 –1692)[1]
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The original text
Based on the Don Juan legend, it was first performed in 1676 and published by Henry Herringman in the same year.
Translations and adaptations
1814: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town as a "grand ballet" (attributed to Thomas Shadwell) on 16 April by Mr Cuerton's company, in association with the Garrison Players, followed by a pantomime called Three Witches, or Harlequin Reanimated.
1814: Repeated by Mr Cuerton's company on 13 August with a Pantomime Farce featuring Mr Arnot as "Harlequin" and Mr Cuerton as "Clown".
1860: A performance of a pantomime of Don Juan formed part of the repertoire of the M'Collum's Circus, which played to acclaim in Cape Town for five months. Bosman (1980: p.140) suggests this may be a version based on Shadwell's play The Libertine.)
Sources
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Don-Juan-Libertine-destroyd-entertainment/dp/1241035490
http://www.amazon.com/Don-Juan-pantomimical-Theatre-Royal-Drury-Lane/dp/1170557597
David Erskine Baker 1812. Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-L. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown[2]
Facsimile version of Shadwell's The Libertine (1676). Digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive[3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 145
Sources
Sources
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Don-Juan-Libertine-destroyd-entertainment/dp/1241035490
http://www.amazon.com/Don-Juan-pantomimical-Theatre-Royal-Drury-Lane/dp/1170557597
David Erskine Baker 1812. Biographia Dramatica: Names of dramas: A-L. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown[5]
Facsimile version of Shadwell's The Libertine (1676). Digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive[6]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [7]: pp. 145
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.140
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