Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady
Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady is a comedietta in one act by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)[].
Contents
The original text
According to the editorial introduction in the 1840 published edition, the play was based on a French burletta called Vouloir C'est Pouvoir by Jacques-Arsene-Francois Ancelot. Planché's English version was first performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, on the last Thursday of October, 1839 and in published by Samuel French (French's Standard Drama no LXVIII) in 1840(?).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Cape Town Theatre, on 7 November, with A Dead Shot (Buckstone), A Dreadful Deed (Dubois) and a "Tambourine Dance" by Lizzie Powell.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original 1840 text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]
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: p. 77
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
