Difference between revisions of "Grace Huntley, or The Follies of Youth"
(Created page with "A domestic drama in three acts by Henry Holl (1811-1884). == The original text == Apparently based on a story called ''The Trials of Grace Huntley'' by Mrs C.S. Hall in ''...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | An alternative title used in South Africa for ''[[Grace Huntley]]'', a domestic drama in three acts by Henry Holl (1811-1884). | |
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
Revision as of 08:25, 20 May 2015
An alternative title used in South Africa for Grace Huntley, a domestic drama in three acts by Henry Holl (1811-1884).
Contents
The original text
Apparently based on a story called The Trials of Grace Huntley by Mrs C.S. Hall in The Amulet: A Christian and Literary Remembrancer. (1833: pp. 79-80. Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013.)[1].
First performed as a "domestic burletta in three acts" at the Adelphi Theatre, London on 14 October, 1833. Published by G.H. Davidson, London 1833(?)
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1855: Performed in Cape Town's Garrison Theatre by the Garrison Players (officers of the 73rd Regiment) on 28 September 1855 as part of a presentation "for the Patriotic Fund" , under the title Grace Huntley, or The Follies of Youth with the farce Comfortable Lodgings, or Paris in 1750]] (Peake).
Sources
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2212268 http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1833-12-01&date_offsetdate=1833-12-31&lastname=bennett&page=6
http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/19th-october-1833/14/the-theatres 14 Oct 1833 playbill, British Library in The Adelphi Theatre Calendar for 1833-1834[2]
Bosman, 1928: pp. 412.
Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography
Return to
Return to M in Plays II Foreign Plays
Return to South_African_Theatre/Plays
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
