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This is one of three works written (or at least co-written) by Henry J. Byron, all based on Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.  
 
This is one of three works written (or at least co-written) by Henry J. Byron, all based on Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.  
  
(The others are a burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!]]''(1860) and another burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'', 1867)  
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(The others are a burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!]]''(1860) and another burlesque called ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife]]'' (1867).
  
 
''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year.
 
''[[Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies]]'' is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year.

Revision as of 06:53, 2 May 2018

Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies is a pantomime by Henry J. Byron (1835-1884)

The original text

This is one of three works written (or at least co-written) by Henry J. Byron, all based on Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

(The others are a burlesque called Robinson Crusoe, or Harlequin Friday and the King of the Caribee Islands!(1860) and another burlesque called Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife (1867).

Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies is described as a pantomime and was first performed at Covent Garden theatre, Saturday, December 26th, 1868 printed by J. Miles and co., London in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Facsimile version of the Miles edition of 1868, Hathi Thrust Digital Library[1]

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 Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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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