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''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife]]'' is a [[burlesque]] written by W.S. Gilbert, Henry J. Byron, and others | ''[[Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife]]'' is a [[burlesque]] written by W.S. Gilbert, Henry J. Byron, and others | ||
| − | Creating the play was obviously a major group effort, | + | Creating the play was obviously a major group effort, as often the case with [[burlesque]], and one is not quite sure of all the authors involved in the project. For example, Andrew Crowther (2000)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=5O4nicVDWcAC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=Robinson+Crusoe+An+extravaganza+by+Henry+Byron&source=bl&ots=yak3OudHlW&sig=tzTu7Wfy9uaYogMUTMx89gW3eko&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjyJrsmObaAhXrJMAKHSdlD044ChDoAQgsMAE#v=onepage&q=Robinson%20Crusoe%20An%20extravaganza%20by%20Henry%20Byron&f=false] mentions the following co-authors: Thomas Hood, H. S. Leigh, and Arthur Sketchley, while the Yale University Library's "Guide to the W.S. Lewis Collection of W.S. Gilbert Manuscripts and Letters"[http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:gilbert&query=Rights&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&big=&adv=&filter=&hitPageStart=251&sortFields=&view=c01_2]) gives the co-authors as Thomas Hood, Henry Sambroke Leigh, William Jeffery Prowse, and George Rose. |
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Latest revision as of 07:04, 2 May 2018
Robinson Crusoe, or The Injun Bride and the Injured Wife is a burlesque written by W.S. Gilbert, Henry J. Byron, and others
Creating the play was obviously a major group effort, as often the case with burlesque, and one is not quite sure of all the authors involved in the project. For example, Andrew Crowther (2000)[1] mentions the following co-authors: Thomas Hood, H. S. Leigh, and Arthur Sketchley, while the Yale University Library's "Guide to the W.S. Lewis Collection of W.S. Gilbert Manuscripts and Letters"[2]) gives the co-authors as Thomas Hood, Henry Sambroke Leigh, William Jeffery Prowse, and George Rose.
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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 a pantomime called Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies(1868).
First produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London on 6 July 1867.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Andrew Crowther. 2000. Contradiction Contradicted: The Plays of W.S. Gilbert'. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press.[3]
Yale University Library: "Guide to the W.S. Lewis Collection of W.S. Gilbert Manuscripts and Letters"[4]
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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