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1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 31 July, as a matinee performance.  
 
1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 31 July, as a matinee performance.  
  
1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 11 August, with ''[[Plot and Passion]]'' ().  
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1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 11 August, with ''[[Plot and Passion]]'' (Taylor and Lang).  
  
 
1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 14 August, with ''[[Palace of Truth]]'' ().
 
1875: Performed by [[Mr Elton]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]] on 14 August, with ''[[Palace of Truth]]'' ().

Revision as of 05:09, 17 May 2018

Brown and the Brahmins, or Captain Pop and The Princess Pretty-eyes! is an "oriental burlesque" by Robert Brown Reece

Sometimes found as Brown and the Brahmins, or Captain Pop and The Princess Pretty-Eyes! or simply referred to as Brown and the Brahmins.

The original text

Based on the drama of the The Illustrious Stranger (Millingen and Kenney, 1827), and first performed at the Royal Globe Theatre, London, on 23 January, 1869. Published in London by T.H. Lacy, 1869.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1875: Billed as "An Ashantee Dance and Chorus" directed by Mr Elton and presented in the Bijou Theatre by "a band of coloured boys picked from the the streets of Cape Town" under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 24 July, as an afterpiece to Leah, or The Jewish Maiden (Mosenthal?). The novelty of seeing coloured folk on the stage for the first time combined with their "extrvagant contortions of body and limb and grotesque action" apparently set audiences in a furore, though the idea was well received by The Argus on July 27 and the play was repeated a number of times in this season.

1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 26 July, with Lady Audley's Secret.

1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 28 July, as afterpiece to Black-Ey'd Susan (Burnand).

1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 29 July, as afterpiece to The Honeymoon (Tobin).

1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 31 July, as a matinee performance.

1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 11 August, with Plot and Passion (Taylor and Lang).

1875: Performed by Mr Elton and his company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of Disney Roebuck on 14 August, with Palace of Truth ().

Sources

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Brown_and_the_Brahmins_or_Captain_Pop_an.html?id=ie8VIwAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 82[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 325-330, 340, 345, 351, 359.

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

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