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| − | 1865: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December, and claimed by [[William Groom]] (cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: pp. 192-3) to have been an ''original'' work penned by a Mr [[B. Mollan]] of Cape Town. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]], scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr W.G. Browne, Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. | + | 1865: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 26-27 December, and claimed by [[William Groom]] (cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: pp. 192-3) to have been an ''original'' work penned by a Mr [[B. Mollan]] of Cape Town. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr [[W.G. Browne]], choreography of dances was by Mrs [[R.I. Cooper]], scenery by Mr [[R.S. Cooper]], properties and masks by Mr [[Der. F. la Yar]], mechanical contribution by Mr W.G. Browne, Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr [[Alfred Ray]], and [[Herr Luin]], comic scenes painted by Mr [[C.J.M. Smith]]. (However, the reviewer in The [[Cape Argus]] of 28 December, 1865, suggests that though everything else was original, the opening scene of "The Depths of Darkness, and Mystic Still and Laboratory of the Demon Alcohol", was in fact a plagiarized from ''[[Ixion]]'' by Burnand) . |
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1866: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 4 and 6 January. | 1866: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by Messrs [[Alfred Ray]] and [[R.S. Cooper]] on 4 and 6 January. | ||
Revision as of 05:52, 7 May 2020
Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin ABC is an English pantomime.
(Also found as Little Jack Horner, or Harlequin A.B.C. or simply Harlequin ABC)
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The original text
A pantomime by this name was performed at the Drury Lane Theatre, London in the 1857–8 season.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1865: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Messrs Alfred Ray and R.S. Cooper on 26-27 December, and claimed by William Groom (cited by F.C.L. Bosman, 1980: pp. 192-3) to have been an original work penned by a Mr B. Mollan of Cape Town. According to the flier for the presentation a "new" overture and music was composed by Mr W.G. Browne, choreography of dances was by Mrs R.I. Cooper, scenery by Mr R.S. Cooper, properties and masks by Mr Der. F. la Yar, mechanical contribution by Mr W.G. Browne, Harlequinade and Pantomimic business by Mr Alfred Ray, and Herr Luin, comic scenes painted by Mr C.J.M. Smith. (However, the reviewer in The Cape Argus of 28 December, 1865, suggests that though everything else was original, the opening scene of "The Depths of Darkness, and Mystic Still and Laboratory of the Demon Alcohol", was in fact a plagiarized from Ixion by Burnand) .
1866: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Messrs Alfred Ray and R.S. Cooper on 4 and 6 January.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 192-3
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