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There are two plays named ''[[Crimson Crimes]]'', both containing the phrase "Crimson Crimes" in the full title as well:
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'''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)  
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=''[[Crimson Crimes, or The Blood-Stained Bandit]]'' (1832)=
  
This is a melodrama by John B. Buckstone ()[]  
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This is described as a [[melodrama]] or [[burletta]] by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]
  
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First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 19 November, 1832.
  
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=''[[Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note]]'' (1849)=
  
   
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This is a farce ''attributed'' to William E. Burton (1804-1860)[]
=''[[Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note]]'' (1849)=  
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Also found as ''[[Deeds of Dreadful Note!]]'' .
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==The original text==
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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 Buckstone's play - or a parody of it, or of the genre in general, merely taking the title from the two works.
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
This is a farce attributed to William E. Burton  (1804-1860)[]
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
One commentator suggests that it may have been a parody of the one act “romantic tale of terror” published in 1810 by Alfred Dubois (ca. 1789–1864) called ''[[Willful Murder, or, Deeds of Dreadful Note]]'', though it could of course also have been a parody of Buckstone's play.
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1857: Performed  in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] , Cape Town, on 23 September 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=
  
 
https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/auth.htm#let06c
 
https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/auth.htm#let06c
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https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/m32d.htm#Label004
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https://clerkandthecity.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/tuesday-january-23-1849/
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 59, 61
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 06:06, 23 September 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 described as a melodrama or burletta by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1]

First performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 19 November, 1832.

Crimson Crimes, or Deeds of Dreadful Note (1849)

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

Also found as Deeds of Dreadful Note! .

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 Buckstone's play - or a parody of it, 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, on 23 September 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

https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/m32d.htm#Label004

https://clerkandthecity.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/tuesday-january-23-1849/

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 59, 61

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants, carnivals and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page