Juvenile Harlequinade
The Juvenile Harlequinade is the name of a piece by an unknown author.
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The original text
Probably a children's piece, possibly devised by Roebuck and/or some of his actors for the particular occasion.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1878: Performed as Juvenile Harlequinade by Disney Roebuck and his company as an afterpiece to a matinee performance of Robinson Crusoe (Byron) on 18 May.
Sources
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.368
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