Miriam's Crime

Miriam's Crime is a comedy in two acts by H.T. Craven (1818-1905)[].

The original text

New York : De Witt, [1863?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1865: Performed by the Ray and Cooper Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 30 October (and billed a comedy in 2 acts), with Villikins and his Dinah (Burnand).

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 5 July (and billed a play in 3 acts, "adapted from the celebrated novel"), with The Daughter of the Regiment (Fitzball).

1877: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 23 October (now billed the "admired Comedy Drama in 3 Acts"), with A Pretty Piece of Business (Morton) and a song by Miss Wynne.

1889: Performed by the Luscombe Searelle company in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, as part of a season of plays with which the company toured the country. A star member of the company was the London comedian, Lionel Brough.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1863 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: pp.192-3, 325, 361, 388

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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