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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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1867: Performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 11 and 12 November with a [[burlesque]] version of Euripides's ''[[Medea]]''  and a dance ("Grand Pas Seul") by [[Miss Clara]].
  
 
1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 8 July, with ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes).
 
1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 8 July, with ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes).

Revision as of 05:48, 8 September 2020

Meg's Diversion is a drama in two acts by Henry Thornton Craven (1818-1905)[1].

The original text

First performed in London at the New Royalty Theatre on 17 October, 1866 and published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1867.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 11 and 12 November with a burlesque version of Euripides's Medea and a dance ("Grand Pas Seul") by Miss Clara.

1875: Performed by Disney Roebuck and company in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town, on 8 July, with Bombastes Furioso (Rhodes).

1884-5: Performed by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1867 edition by T.H. Lacy, Google E-book[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.325

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