Victorine
Victorine is a domestic melodrama by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–1879)[1].
Contents
The original text
Said to have been an adaptation based on an unnamed French musical play. The play in question was most probably Victorine, ou La Nuit Porte Conseil ("Victorine, or The night brings counsel"), a drama in five acts by Dumersan (1780-1849), Gabriel (1792-1869) and Dupeuty (1798-1865)
The full original title in one early published English version is: Victorine, or "I'll Sleep on It", and in another Victorine, or The Orphan of Paris (claiming to be "The only edition correctly marked, by permission, from the prompter's book.") Also found as Victorine's Dream, or The Orphan of Paris. Also found in a combined form as Victorine the Orphan of Paris, or I'll Sleep on It
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi in London at the Adelphi in 1831, repeated in 1837.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1847: Performed in the Drury Lane Theatre, Cape Town as Victorine by Parker's Company, as part of a prosperous season.
1850: Performed in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town as Victorine's Dream, or The Orphan of Paris by Parker's Company, with Woman's the Devil.
1861: Performed as Victorine the Orphan of Paris, or I'll Sleep on It by the Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 23 June, with The Laughing Hyena (Webster).
Sources
The Spectator 12 November 1831, Page 16 [2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
Google Books[3]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 418-9
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
