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| − | A play called ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell]]'', said to be based on Scott's novel, was performed a number of times in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the amateur company [[English Theatricals]] in the years 1823-24 (it is later simply referred to a ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the sources). It is | + | A play called ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell]]'', said to be based on Scott's novel, was performed a number of times in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the amateur company [[English Theatricals]] in the years 1823-24 (it is later simply referred to a ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the sources). It may have been this version by Murray, though it is much more likely to have been the widely known and published musical version by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock], with music by John Davy (1763-1824)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Davy,_John_(1763-1824)_(DNB00)]. |
'''For performances in South Africa, see ''[[Rob Roy]]''''' | '''For performances in South Africa, see ''[[Rob Roy]]''''' | ||
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Rob Roy MacGregor is an opera (or sometimes called a melodrama) by William Henry Murray[1], written in association with Walter Scott.
Contents
The original text
Adapted from the novel Rob Roy (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, the melodrama was first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh, and published
Performance history in South Africa
A play called Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell, said to be based on Scott's novel, was performed a number of times in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the amateur company English Theatricals in the years 1823-24 (it is later simply referred to a Rob Roy in the sources). It may have been this version by Murray, though it is much more likely to have been the widely known and published musical version by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[2], with music by John Davy (1763-1824)[3].
For performances in South Africa, see Rob Roy
Translations and adaptations
Sources
Facsimile version of the London published text of 1818, Google eBook[4]
Facsimile version of the New York published text of 1818, Google eBook[5]
Frederick Burwick. Playing to the Crowd: London Popular Theatre, 1780-1830 (Palgrave Macmillan, 08 Nov 2011 )[6]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 73-77, 142, 198.
Fletcher, 1994 p. 40
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