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''[[Our Volunteers]]'' is a locally devised ballet created by [[Mrs Cooper]].
 
''[[Our Volunteers]]'' is a locally devised ballet created by [[Mrs Cooper]].
  
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==The original text==
  
Performed by [[Mrs Cooper]]., with scenery, "expressly painted and devised by Mr [[A.S. Cooper]]", as for the )
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Created by [[Mrs Cooper]], with scenery, "expressly painted and devised" by her husband, Mr [[A.S. Cooper]]", and described by a reviewer as "one of the grandest and most clever scenic productions ever witnessed at the Cape".
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1861-1864: Performed by [[Mrs Cooper]] herself as one of the pieces performed by the [[Port Elizabeth Dramatic Club]] and collaborators, during these, its active years.
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== Sources ==
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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.296-8
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
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Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Revision as of 05:35, 10 March 2021

Our Volunteers is a locally devised ballet created by Mrs Cooper.

The original text

Created by Mrs Cooper, with scenery, "expressly painted and devised" by her husband, Mr A.S. Cooper", and described by a reviewer as "one of the grandest and most clever scenic productions ever witnessed at the Cape".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861-1864: Performed by Mrs Cooper herself as one of the pieces performed by the Port Elizabeth Dramatic Club and collaborators, during these, its active years.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.296-8

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 and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page