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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1857: Performed  in the Harrington Street Theatre , Cape Town, by the Sefton Parry Company as ''[[Crimson Crimes]]'', a "screaming farce" by an unnamed author. Also performed was ''[[Who Speaks First?]]'' (Dance) and ''[[Monsieur Jacques]]'' (Barnett and Barnett). Crimson Crimes
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1857: Performed  in the Harrington Street Theatre , Cape Town, by the Sefton Parry Company as ''[[Crimson Crimes]]'', a "screaming farce" by an unnamed author. Also performed was ''[[Who Speaks First?]]'' (Dance) and ''[[Monsieur Jacques]]'' (Barnett and Barnett).
  
 
=Sources=
 
=Sources=

Revision as of 07:29, 19 May 2019

There are two plays named Crimson Crimes, both containing the phrase "Crimson Crimes" in the full title as well:

Crimson Crimes, or The Blood-Stained Bandit (1832)

This is a melodrama by John B. Buckstone ()[]



Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note (1849)

This is a farce attributed to William E. Burton (1804-1860)[]

The original text

One commentator suggests that it may have been a parody of the one act “romantic tale of terror” published in 1810 by Alfred Dubois (nom de plume of James Stuart Bowes, 1768/69-1863) called Wilful Murder, or Deeds of Dreadful Note (or simply Deeds of Dreadful Note), though it could of course also have been a parody of Buckstone's play - or of the genre in general, merely taking the title from the two works.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1857: Performed in the Harrington Street Theatre , Cape Town, by the Sefton Parry Company as Crimson Crimes, a "screaming farce" by an unnamed author. Also performed was Who Speaks First? (Dance) and Monsieur Jacques (Barnett and Barnett).

Sources

https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/auth.htm#let06c

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