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| − | ''[[Agnes de Vere, or The Wife’s Revenge]]'', is a | + | ''[[Agnes de Vere, or The Wife’s Revenge]]'', is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]. |
The play is referred to as ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' or simply ''[[Agnes de Vere]]'' by some authros, but the published versions have the title above. | The play is referred to as ''[[Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge]]'' or simply ''[[Agnes de Vere]]'' by some authros, but the published versions have the title above. | ||
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| − | + | According tot the ''Remarks'' published in the W. V. Spencer edition (1855), the play was an adaptation from a French play, and was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in October, 1834, with the author playing "Oliver Dobbs". It became very popular in the USA, being performed in New York, Philadelphia and Boston from 1845 onwards. | |
| − | Published | + | Published in Dick's series of play texts (as No 805) in 1836?, in Boston by W. V. Spencer, 1855 (No XXIII) and in New York by Samuel French in the same year, then again by Lacy in 1876. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:40, 13 August 2017
Agnes de Vere, or The Wife’s Revenge, is a drama in three acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1].
The play is referred to as Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge or simply Agnes de Vere by some authros, but the published versions have the title above.
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The original text
According tot the Remarks published in the W. V. Spencer edition (1855), the play was an adaptation from a French play, and was first performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London in October, 1834, with the author playing "Oliver Dobbs". It became very popular in the USA, being performed in New York, Philadelphia and Boston from 1845 onwards.
Published in Dick's series of play texts (as No 805) in 1836?, in Boston by W. V. Spencer, 1855 (No XXIII) and in New York by Samuel French in the same year, then again by Lacy in 1876.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed as Agnes de Vere, or A Wife’s Revenge by Sefton Parry in the Harrington Street Theatre on 5 December. Billed as "a pathetic drama in Three Acts", with a Spanish dance as interlude and The Happy Man, or The Legend of the - (Lover), a one act burlesque act.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 78.
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