Difference between revisions of "On the Sly"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 13: Line 13:
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== 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 and billed as a "Great Comic ''[[Shadow Pantomime]]'', sensation from the Crystal Palace". Also performed were ''[[The Mutiny at the Nore]]'' (Jerrold) and ''[[On the Sly]]'' (Morton).
+
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 ''[[Lilian Gervais]]'' (Barnett), a comic dance called ''[[Gocum and Lisbeth]]'' (Jerrold) and ''[[On the Sly]]'' (Morton).
+
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 ==
 
== 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]
 +
 +
[[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.
  
  

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

Return to Main Page