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''[[A Faint Heart which Did Win a Fair Lady]]'' is a comedy in one act by John Pratt Wooler (1824-1868)[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82227253/] | ''[[A Faint Heart which Did Win a Fair Lady]]'' is a comedy in one act by John Pratt Wooler (1824-1868)[http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82227253/] | ||
| − | The title is a surely a reference to Planché's 1837 comedy, ''[[]]'' and was first performed at the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 February, 1863. Published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the same year as Volume 57 of Lacy's acting edition. | + | ==The original text== |
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| + | The title is a surely a reference to Planché's 1837 comedy, ''[[Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady]]'' and was first performed at the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 February, 1863. Published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in the same year as Volume 57 of Lacy's acting edition. | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1866: Performed (as ''[[Faint Heart which Did Win Fair Lady]]'') by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], on 15 October, with ''[[Pizarro]]'' (), ''[[A Ticket to Leave]]'' (Phillips) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]]. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the original 1840 text by Planché, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89099301673&view=1up&seq=5] | ||
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| + | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9 | ||
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| + | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.632[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ong3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA632&lpg=PA632&dq=Faint+Heart+Did+Win+Fair+Lady+Wooler&source=bl&ots=UM6Jy5vZqm&sig=ACfU3U1Ke5BVATZcdexgSR_nXO3LwB1k6g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7ubuV-IHmAhWPSxUIHZCvDuAQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Faint%20Heart%20Did%20Win%20Fair%20Lady%20Wooler&f=false] | ||
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| + | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Faint_Heart_which_Did_Win_a_Fair_Lady.html?id=XansnQEACAAJ&hl=en&output=html_text&redir_esc=y | ||
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| + | [[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
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| + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 77 | ||
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Revision as of 06:29, 24 November 2019
A Faint Heart which Did Win a Fair Lady is a comedy in one act by John Pratt Wooler (1824-1868)[1]
Contents
The original text
The title is a surely a reference to Planché's 1837 comedy, Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady and was first performed at the Royal Strand Theatre, London on 9 February, 1863. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in the same year as Volume 57 of Lacy's acting edition.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed (as Faint Heart which Did Win Fair Lady) by the Le Roy and Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, on 15 October, with Pizarro (), A Ticket to Leave (Phillips) and a dance called "La Cachuca" by Mrs Brazier and Mrs Luin.
Sources
Facsimile version of the original 1840 text by Planché, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press: p.632[3]
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. 77
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
