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''[[Only a Halfpenny]]''  is a farce in one act by John Oxenford (1812-1877).  
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''[[Only a Halfpenny]]''  is a farce in one act by John Oxenford (1812-1877)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1861: Produced by [[Officers of the Regiment]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]],  Grahamstown on 9 and 12 September, with ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton) and ''[[Crinoline]]'' (). The cast consisted of The cast for '''''[[Crinoline]]''''', included: Sergeant [[J. Lydon]] (Mr Coobiddy, a commercial gentleman in Manchester trade, aged 29), [[W. J. B. Martin]] Esq., (Captain Le Brown), [[R. Johnson]] Esq., (John Liptrot, also an officer of the Blues, aged 30), Sergeant [[T. M'Kay]] (Jacob Grimes, a representative of the Industrial Interests), [[W. Malcolm]] Esq., (Mrs Coobiddy, the commercial gent's wife, aged 23), Corporal [[J. Davies]] (Bella, the commercial gentleman's niece, aged 19), Captain [[C. A. Armstrong]] (Miss Tite, a fashionable spinster, aged ?), Captain [[C. A. Armstrong]] (Nancy Bitters, a domestic servant, with an excellent character from her last place, but not so well provided for her next, aged 37). ''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''  
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1861: Produced by [[Officers of the Regiment]] ([[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]) in the [[Garrison Theatre]],  Grahamstown on 9 and 12 September, with ''[[Box and Cox]]'' (Morton) and ''[[Crinoline]]'' (Brough). Cast for ''[[Only a Halfpenny]]'' consisted of Captain [[G. E. Bulger]] (Mr Fitzroy Plantagenet), [[R. Annesley]] Esq. (Stanley Jones), [[W. Malcolm]] Esq. (Henrietta), Corporal [[J. Davies]] (Bridget).''(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]])''
  
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1861: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]] by the [[Sefton Parry]] company on 28 October, with ''[[Henrietta the Forsaken]]'' (Buckstone) and Mr [[H.W. Franklin]] and "his celebrated Act" ''[[The Corde Volante]]''. The evening a benefit for [[Mrs Parry]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
 
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford
  
 
Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, ''Hathi Trust Digital Library''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435054621321;view=1up;seq=5]
 
Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, ''Hathi Trust Digital Library''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435054621321;view=1up;seq=5]
  
[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 8. September 30, 1861.
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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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.99.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:12, 30 March 2020

Only a Halfpenny is a farce in one act by John Oxenford (1812-1877)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Royal Haymarket Theatre, London, on 30 May 1855 and published by T.H. Lacy, London, in the same year and by Robert M. de Witt in New York.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Produced by Officers of the Regiment (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) in the Garrison Theatre, Grahamstown on 9 and 12 September, with Box and Cox (Morton) and Crinoline (Brough). Cast for Only a Halfpenny consisted of Captain G. E. Bulger (Mr Fitzroy Plantagenet), R. Annesley Esq. (Stanley Jones), W. Malcolm Esq. (Henrietta), Corporal J. Davies (Bridget).(For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)

1861: Performed in the Theatre Royal by the Sefton Parry company on 28 October, with Henrietta the Forsaken (Buckstone) and Mr H.W. Franklin and "his celebrated Act" The Corde Volante. The evening a benefit for Mrs Parry.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oxenford

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

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 8. September 30, 1861.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.99.

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