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Also found as ''[[On the Sly!]]''.
 
Also found as ''[[On the Sly!]]''.
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==The original text==
  
 
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on October 24 in 1864.  
 
First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on October 24 in 1864.  
  
 
Published by Ames in Clyde, Ohio [186-?]
 
Published by Ames in Clyde, Ohio [186-?]
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town,  on 2nd August, with ''[[The Mutiny at the Nore]]'' (Jerrold) and a "Great Comic ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'', sensation from the Crystal Palace".
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1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town,  on 6th  August along with a ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'' (Anon.), ''[[Lilian Gervais]]'' (Barnett), and a comic dance called ''[[Gocum and Lisbeth]]'' (Jerrold).
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1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy and Duret]] theatre company in the [[Theatre Royal]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on the 25th of  August. This was part of a children's matinee, which also included a ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'' (Anon.),  ''[[The Nervous Cures]]'' (Brown and Norton) and ''[[The Dancing Scotchman]]'' (Flexmore and Auriol?).
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== Sources ==
  
 
Facsimile version of the Ames edition of the text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069220678;view=1up;seq=1]
 
Facsimile version of the Ames edition of the text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069220678;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]]: pp. 211-212,215.
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[[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.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 05:37, 22 November 2020

On the Sly is a farce in one act by John Maddison Morton (1811–1891)[1].

Also found as On the Sly!.

The original text

First performed in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on October 24 in 1864.

Published by Ames in Clyde, Ohio [186-?]

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August, with The Mutiny at the Nore (Jerrold) and a "Great Comic Shadow Pantomime, sensation from the Crystal Palace".

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with a Shadow Pantomime (Anon.), Lilian Gervais (Barnett), and a comic dance called Gocum and Lisbeth (Jerrold).

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on the 25th of August. This was part of a children's matinee, which also included a Shadow Pantomime (Anon.), The Nervous Cures (Brown and Norton) and The Dancing Scotchman (Flexmore and Auriol?).

Sources

Facsimile version of the Ames edition of the text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 211-212,215.

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.


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, carnivals and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

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