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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1861: Performed as ''[[The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance]]'' (cited as being by J.R. Raymond) in the border town of Keiskama Hoek's [[Garrison Theatre]] by [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] on May 28, as part of their first production. The cast featured [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Ledger), [[F. Girton]] (Mr Dobbs), [[J. F. Gay]] (Master T Dobbs), [[W. Dansie]] (Pat Rooney), [[G. Daw]] (Farrier's Boy), [[J. Durney]] (Julia Ledger), [[J. Davies]] (Mrs Dobbs), [[B. Buckley]] (Jemima Damper).  The other plays on the programme were announced as ''[[Amororosa or King of Little Britain]]'' (Planché) and ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler), and in addition [[J. M'Kechnie]] and J Davies sang comic songs.   
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1861: Performed as ''[[The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance]]'' (cited as being by J.R. Raymond) in the border town of Keiskama Hoek's [[Garrison Theatre]] by [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] on May 28, as part of their first production. The cast featured [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Ledger), [[F. Girton]] (Mr Dobbs), [[J. F. Gay]] (Master T Dobbs), [[W. Dansie]] (Pat Rooney), [[G. Daw]] (Farrier's Boy), [[J. Durney]] (Julia Ledger), [[J. Davies]] (Mrs Dobbs), [[B. Buckley]] (Jemima Damper).  The other plays on the programme were announced as ''[[Amororosa or King of Little Britain]]'' (Planché) and ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler), with [[J. M'Kechnie]] and [[J. Davies]] singing comic songs during intervals.   
  
 
1862: Performed as ''[[The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance]]'' (author not credited) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company on 11 April, with  ''[[All is not Gold that Glitters, or The Factory Girl]]'' (Morton and Morton). The evening was as a benefit for [[Mr Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]].
 
1862: Performed as ''[[The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance]]'' (author not credited) by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company on 11 April, with  ''[[All is not Gold that Glitters, or The Factory Girl]]'' (Morton and Morton). The evening was as a benefit for [[Mr Bland]] and [[Mrs Bland]].

Revision as of 06:40, 11 July 2018

Cherry Bounce is a one act farce by Richard John Raymond (fl. 1820-40)

The original text

Cherry Bounce, described as "A Farsetta, in One Act" was performed for the First Time on Monday August 27th, 1821, at Sadler's Wells Theatre. The play was published by J. Lowndes, 1821, by T.H. Lacy, 1823, and in Volume 4, Issue 59 of The New British Theatre by J. Duncombe, 1830.

Translations and adaptations

It appears that the play became very popular and at least two adaptations of the text, both called The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance were done in the 1830s, one by Isaac Pocock (1782-1835)[1] and the other by Tyrone Power (1797-1841)[2].

Also found as The Omnibus! or, A Convenient Distance!

According to Allardyce Nicholl (1930), the adaptation done by Isaac Pocock was first performed as The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance in the Lyceum on 225 November 1830 and at Covent Garden on 6 December, 1830. The text published by Duncombe (1831?), Dick 725 and later by Thomas Hailes Lacy (1850) (Lacy’s Acting edition), 1850. His version is also sometimes referred to simply as The Omnibus (and termed "an interlude").

However, according to the 1907 American edition of the play by Samuel French (Minor drama ; no. 26), the adaptation had been done by actor-manager Tyrone Power, whose version was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1833. The chances are of course that this was simply the Pocock version as performed or produced by Power.

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed as The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance (cited as being by J.R. Raymond) in the border town of Keiskama Hoek's Garrison Theatre by North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot on May 28, as part of their first production. The cast featured J. M'Kechnie (Mr Ledger), F. Girton (Mr Dobbs), J. F. Gay (Master T Dobbs), W. Dansie (Pat Rooney), G. Daw (Farrier's Boy), J. Durney (Julia Ledger), J. Davies (Mrs Dobbs), B. Buckley (Jemima Damper). The other plays on the programme were announced as Amororosa or King of Little Britain (Planché) and The Irish Tutor (Butler), with J. M'Kechnie and J. Davies singing comic songs during intervals.

1862: Performed as The Omnibus, or A Convenient Distance (author not credited) by Sefton Parry and his company on 11 April, with All is not Gold that Glitters, or The Factory Girl (Morton and Morton). The evening was as a benefit for Mr Bland and Mrs Bland.

Sources

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

https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-PZTDQEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Richard+John+RAYMOND%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNq6abqaHWAhXCJ8AKHQ44A44Q6AEIQzAG

https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu//catalog/bib_2096427

https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_2093396

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power_(Irish_actor)

Allardyce Nicholl. 1930. A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850, Google Play[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 112

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