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''[[Grist to the Mill, or The Miser of Verdun]]'' is a comic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché.  
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''[[Grist to the Mill, or The Miser of Verdun]]'' is a comic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9].  
  
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Also found simply as '''''[[Grist to the Mill]]'''''
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
  
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First performed in the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 22 February 1844 and was published in 1844 by S.G. Fairbrother. In 1856 the performance text appeared as issue 264 of ''French's Standard Drama''.
  
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
The acting edition published by Samuel French in 1856 as issue 264 of ''French's Standard Drama''.  
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1860: Performed as ''[[Grist to the Mill, or The Miser of Verdun]]'' in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 14 February, under the patronage of the Cape Volunteer Corps. The afterpiece is ''[[The Rifle and How to Use It]]'' (Bridgeman).  
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1862: Performed in Port Elizabeth by the [[Sefton Parry]] company as ''[[Grist to the Mill]]'' in the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society]]'s newly complete [[New Theatre]] on 2 June.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9_bibliography
  
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Grist_to_the_Mill.html?id=ORCBAQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Grist_to_the_Mill.html?id=ORCBAQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
  
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.78.  
 
 
[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
 
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]]. 1934. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl01_01/index.php]
 
 
 
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]],  1949. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl02_01/index.php]
 
 
 
[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
 
 
 
[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p. 
 
 
 
[[Sydney Paul Gosher]].  1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].
 
 
 
[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
 
 
 
[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1997. ''Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror''. Pretoria: Van Schaik[http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85401]: pp.
 
 
 
[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
 
 
 
[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php], pp.
 
[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
 
[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]
 
[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
 
 
 
 
 
[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
 
 
 
[[Anna Minnaar-Vos]] 1969. ''Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van [[Hendrik Hanekom|Hendrik]] en [[Mathilde Hanekom]]''. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.
 
 
 
[[Brian Astbury]].  1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
 
 
 
 
 
[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.  
 
  
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[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg. 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:14, 8 March 2020

Grist to the Mill, or The Miser of Verdun is a comic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[1].

Also found simply as Grist to the Mill

The original text

First performed in the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 22 February 1844 and was published in 1844 by S.G. Fairbrother. In 1856 the performance text appeared as issue 264 of French's Standard Drama.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed as Grist to the Mill, or The Miser of Verdun in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Sefton Parry company on 14 February, under the patronage of the Cape Volunteer Corps. The afterpiece is The Rifle and How to Use It (Bridgeman).

1862: Performed in Port Elizabeth by the Sefton Parry company as Grist to the Mill in the Port Elizabeth Dramatic Society's newly complete New Theatre on 2 June.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9_bibliography

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.78.

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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