Le Pèlerin Blanc, ou Les Orphelins du Hameau
A melodrama in two acts by René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt (1773-1844).
Contents
The original text
Published in Paris, 1801.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as The Wandering Boys, or The Castle of Olival by John Kerr (fl. 1814-1834).
Performance history in South Africa
1818: Performed simply as The Wandering Boys in the African Theatre by the Gentlemen Amateurs and Mr Cooke and his company, on 25 July, with as afterpiece The Mock Doctor (Fielding)
1818: Performed as The Wandering Boys in the African Theatre by the Gentlemen Amateurs and Mr Cooke and his company, on 26 September 1818, with as afterpiece The Miller and his Men (Pocock). Also included The Bird Duet by Mr and Mrs Cooke, and two songs sung by Mr Pitt. This was a Benefit Performance for Mrs Cooke, one of the players.
1845: Performed in the Roeland Street Theatre, Cape Town on 17 July by All the World's a Stage, with The Queer Subject (Coyne) as afterpiece.
Sources
Allardyce Nicoll A History of Early Nineteenth Centry Drama Volume II 1800-1850 p. 6[1]
Bosman, 1928: pp 155, 413-4
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