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| − | ''[[A Race for a Dinner, or "No Dinner Yet"]]'', ''[[A race for a dinner: or, "No dinner yet"]]''. is a farce in one act | + | ''[[A Race for a Dinner, or "No Dinner Yet"]]'', ''[[A race for a dinner: or, "No dinner yet"]]''. is a farce in one act |
| + | ''[[Le Gastronome sans Argent]]'' is a vaudeville in one act by Scribe and Brulay. | ||
| − | First performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1828, apparently after Rodwell's death in 1825, and published the same year in London (Thomas Hailes Lacy and/or Samuel French). Performed and published in New York in 1829. | + | == The original text == |
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| + | First performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase Dramatique in Paris on 10 March 1821 and published by Fages in 1821. | ||
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| + | == Translations and adaptations == | ||
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| + | Translated into English as ''[[A Race for a Dinner, or "No Dinner Yet"]]'' (or also known simply as ''[[A Race for a Dinner]]'') by James Thomas Goodenham Rodwell (in some sources with George Daniel). | ||
| + | The translation was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1828, apparently after Rodwell's death in 1825, and published the same year in London (Thomas Hailes Lacy and/or Samuel French). Performed and published in New York in 1829. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1833: Performed as ''[[A Race for a Dinner]]'' by the [[All the World's a Stage]] on 21 September, with''[[The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson]]'', the comic sketch of ''[[The Actress Of All Work]]'' (Anon) and the farce ''[[Rival Valets]]'' (Ebsworth). | + | 1833: Performed in English as ''[[A Race for a Dinner]]'' by the [[All the World's a Stage]] on 21 September, with''[[The Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson]]'', the comic sketch of ''[[The Actress Of All Work]]'' (Anon) and the farce ''[[Rival Valets]]'' (Ebsworth). |
| − | 1854: Performed as ''[[A Race for a Dinner]]'' by the [[City Amateur Theatrical Society]] on Wednesday, 26th July in the Dutch Company's [[Bree Street Theatre]] (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town. It followed ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Act 3) and was followed by ''[[The Secret]]'' (Morris) and ''[[Ion]]'' (Talfourd). | + | 1854: Performed in English as ''[[A Race for a Dinner]]'' by the [[City Amateur Theatrical Society]] on Wednesday, 26th July in the Dutch Company's [[Bree Street Theatre]] (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town. It followed ''[[Hamlet]]'' (Act 3) and was followed by ''[[The Secret]]'' (Morris) and ''[[Ion]]'' (Talfourd). |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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http://www.worldcat.org/title/race-for-a-dinner-or-no-dinner-yet-a-farce-in-one-act-adapted-from-the-french/oclc/38482498?ht=edition&referer=di | http://www.worldcat.org/title/race-for-a-dinner-or-no-dinner-yet-a-farce-in-one-act-adapted-from-the-french/oclc/38482498?ht=edition&referer=di | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 426. |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Revision as of 07:15, 26 January 2016
A Race for a Dinner, or "No Dinner Yet", A race for a dinner: or, "No dinner yet". is a farce in one act Le Gastronome sans Argent is a vaudeville in one act by Scribe and Brulay.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase Dramatique in Paris on 10 March 1821 and published by Fages in 1821.
Translations and adaptations
Translated into English as A Race for a Dinner, or "No Dinner Yet" (or also known simply as A Race for a Dinner) by James Thomas Goodenham Rodwell (in some sources with George Daniel). The translation was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1828, apparently after Rodwell's death in 1825, and published the same year in London (Thomas Hailes Lacy and/or Samuel French). Performed and published in New York in 1829.
Performance history in South Africa
1833: Performed in English as A Race for a Dinner by the All the World's a Stage on 21 September, withThe Day After the Wedding, or A Wife’s First Lesson, the comic sketch of The Actress Of All Work (Anon) and the farce Rival Valets (Ebsworth).
1854: Performed in English as A Race for a Dinner by the City Amateur Theatrical Society on Wednesday, 26th July in the Dutch Company's Bree Street Theatre (corner of Dorp Street), Cape Town. It followed Hamlet (Act 3) and was followed by The Secret (Morris) and Ion (Talfourd).
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Facsimile version of the first French edition in 1821, Google E-Book[1]
https://archive.org/details/racefordinnerfar00rodw
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009564854
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 426.
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