King Alfred the Great, or The Magic Banjo and the Mystic Raven
King Alfred the Great, or The Magic Banjo and the Mystic Raven is a pantomime Harlequin Alfred the Great!, or The Magic Banjo and the Mystic Raven!: is a "grand historical pantomime" by "the author of Bluff King Hal".
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The original text
Published as Harlequin Alfred the Great!, or, The magic banjo and the mystic raven! by Thomas Hailes Lacy (as a Lacy's acting edition) in 1851.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1863: Performed as King Alfred the Great, or The Magic Banjo and the Mystic Raven (and billed as "a Grand Christmas Pantomime") in the newly refurbished Garrison Theatre, Cape Town, on 28 and 29 December, along with The Goose with the Golden Eggs (Mayhew and Edwards).
Sources
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/SCSB-6608944
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 255 .
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