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A puppet show put on by the so-called "[[Automata]]" or "[[Automaton]] Figures", large mechanical puppets, of [[W.F.H. Parker]].
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''[[Polander]]'' is the name of a [[puppet]] show put on by the so-called "[[Automata]]" or "[[Automaton]] Figures", large mechanical puppets, of [[W.F.H. Parker]].
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The performance apparently consisted of a "figure (Pop) dancing on the tight rope and then retiring from the stage in a splendid display of fireworks". (Advert in ''[[De Meditator]]'', quoted by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p. 231).  
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Brought to  in Cape Town by Mr Parker in 1837, when it was performed along with [[The Enchanted Turk]], the dramatic play ''[[Children in the Wood]]'' and ''[[Joey Grimaldi's trip to Brentford]]''.
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1837: Brought to  in Cape Town by Mr [[W.F.H. Parker|Parker]], and performed along with ''[[The Enchanted Turk]]'', the dramatic play ''[[The Children in the Wood]]'' and ''[[Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford]]''.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp.
 
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 231
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Latest revision as of 06:59, 5 December 2016

Polander is the name of a puppet show put on by the so-called "Automata" or "Automaton Figures", large mechanical puppets, of W.F.H. Parker.

The performance apparently consisted of a "figure (Pop) dancing on the tight rope and then retiring from the stage in a splendid display of fireworks". (Advert in De Meditator, quoted by Bosman, 1928: p. 231).

Performance history in South Africa

1837: Brought to in Cape Town by Mr Parker, and performed along with The Enchanted Turk, the dramatic play The Children in the Wood and Joey Grimaldi's Trip to Brentford.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp. 231

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

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