Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York
A Chivalric Play in Three Acts by W. T. Moncrieff (1794-1857), with music by Hughes, based on Sir Walter Scott's original novel.
First produced on 24 January 1820 at the Coburg Theatre, London, and published in the same year.
It was one of several plays that were quickly created shortly after the publication of Scott's popular novel in 1819. Moncrieff's play appears under a number of names in various publications, including:
Ivanhoe! or, The Jewess; Ivanhoe; or, The Jewess; and Ivanhoe, or, The Jew of York and the titel under which it first appeared in South Africa: Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York
Performance history in South Africa
17 June 1824: Peroduced by the English Theatricals in the African Theatre, Cape Town Ivanhoe, or The Jewess of York (Moncrieff, after Scott) with Who's the Dupe (Cowley) as afterpiece.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott
Bosman, 1928: pp. 199
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