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''[[Ixion, or The Man at the Wheel]]'' is "An Original Extravaganza" by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)
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''[[Ixion, or The Man at the Wheel]]'' is an "Original Extravaganza" by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)[].
  
Published as a Lacy's Acting Edition by T.H. Lacy, 1863
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==The original text==
  
1865: Performed (in part?) as the opening scene ("The Depths of Darkness, and Mystic Still and Laboratory of the Demon Alcohol") of the Christmas Pantomime of ''[[Little Jack Horner or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', as put on by [[Ray and Cooper]] on 26 December.  
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First performed at the New Royalty Theatre, London, on 28 September, 1863, and published as a Lacy's Acting Edition by [[T.H. Lacy]] in the same year.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1865: According to a reviewer in The [[Cape Argus]] of 28 December, 1865, Burnand's play was partly plagiarized in the opening scene ("The Depths of Darkness, and Mystic Still and Laboratory of the Demon Alcohol") of the Christmas Pantomime of ''[[Little Jack Horner or Harlequin A.B.C.]]'', as put on by [[Ray and Cooper]] on 26 December.  
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== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimile version of the original 1863 text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035138208&view=1up&seq=1]
 
Facsimile version of the original 1863 text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035138208&view=1up&seq=1]
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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.199
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Revision as of 05:37, 7 May 2020

Ixion, or The Man at the Wheel is an "Original Extravaganza" by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917)[].

The original text

First performed at the New Royalty Theatre, London, on 28 September, 1863, and published as a Lacy's Acting Edition by T.H. Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1865: According to a reviewer in The Cape Argus of 28 December, 1865, Burnand's play was partly plagiarized in the opening scene ("The Depths of Darkness, and Mystic Still and Laboratory of the Demon Alcohol") of the Christmas Pantomime of Little Jack Horner or Harlequin A.B.C., as put on by Ray and Cooper on 26 December.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original 1863 text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.199

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 and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page