The Eddystone Elf
The Eddystone Elf is a melodrama in two acts by George Dibdin Pitt (1795-1855)[1].
Contents
The original text
Originally performed at Sadler's Wells in 1833 and 1834. According to A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850 it appears to have been performed as The Monster of the Eddystone, or The Lighthouse Keepers at Sadlers Wells on 7 April, 1834 and at the Royal Pavilion on 18 August 1834 as The Eddystone Elf.
Published as The Eddystone Elf in Cumberland's Minor Drama, vol. x and by T.H. Lacy vol. lxix,
According to A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850 it appears to have been performed as The Monster of the Eddystone, or The Lighthouse Keepers at Sadlers Wells on 7 April, 1834.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
Sources
A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. CUP Archive: p.362; Google E-book[2]
Victorian Plays Project, Electronic catalaogue Vol 69[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dibdin_Pitt
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