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''[[Buried Alive, or The Visit to Japan]]'' is a melodrama,  
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''[[Buried Alive, or The Visit to Japan]]'' is a melodrama, adapted from an unnamed French comedy by H. M'Pherson. 
 
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Adapted from the French by H. M'Pherson. First performed in English in Newcastle-on-Tyne Amphitheatre, May 1 1799(??)
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The English version was first performed in English in Newcastle-on-Tyne Amphitheatre, May 1 1799(??)
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July 1855 by [[Sefton Parry]] as part of his farewell performance, alongside ''[[A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock]]'' (Brough) and ''[[The Lottery Ticket]]'' (Beazley).
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1855: Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July by [[Sefton Parry]] as part of his farewell performance, alongside ''[[A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock]]'' (Brough) and ''[[The Lottery Ticket]]'' (Beazley).
  
  

Revision as of 06:30, 2 December 2016

Buried Alive, or The Visit to Japan is a melodrama, adapted from an unnamed French comedy by H. M'Pherson.

Translations and adaptations

The English version was first performed in English in Newcastle-on-Tyne Amphitheatre, May 1 1799(??)

Performance history in South Africa

1855: Performed in Cape Town on Thursday 26 July by Sefton Parry as part of his farewell performance, alongside A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock (Brough) and The Lottery Ticket (Beazley).


Sources

"The Stage" cyclopaedia, a bibliography of plays, compiled by Reginald Clarence[1].

http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/The_Stage_Cyclopaedia_A_Bibliography_of_Plays_1400033267/65

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: pp. 433

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