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According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980: p. 267-8), regular performances of [[Shadow pantomime]]s and [[burlesques]] formed part of evening ''[[Promenade Concert]]''s by the [[86th Regiment]]'s orchestra and the harpist and vocalist [[Signor Abecco]]  
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According to [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980: p. 267-8), regular performances of [[Shadow pantomime]]s and [[burlesques]] formed part of evening ''[[Promenade Concert]]''s by the [[86th Regiment]]'s orchestra and the harpist and vocalist [[Signor Abecco]]
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'''See also [[Shadow theatre]]'''
  
 
=The ''[[Great Comic Shadow Pantomime]]'' of the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] =
 
=The ''[[Great Comic Shadow Pantomime]]'' of the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] =

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The term Shadow Pantomime can refer to a theatrical form, or to the name of a specific production.

The Shadow pantomime as theatrical form

According to Bosman (1980: p. 267-8), regular performances of Shadow pantomimes and burlesques formed part of evening Promenade Concerts by the 86th Regiment's orchestra and the harpist and vocalist Signor Abecco

See also Shadow theatre

The Great Comic Shadow Pantomime of the Le Roy and Duret Company

Most often found simply as Shadow Pantomime, this is the name of a theatre performance known in South Africa through presentations by the Le Roy and Duret Company in their 1866 and 1867 seasons.

The original text

According to Groom (1928) and Bosman (1980), the Le Roy and Duret Company did a performance in Cape Town of what they billed as a "Great Comic Shadow Pantomime, sensation from the Crystal Palace".

The latter statement may be a reference to something like the 1861 shadow pantomime put on by Nelson Lee in the Crystal Palace, London and reported on in the Evening Star and Dial of January 15, 1861[1]). What was seen in Cape Town was probably a similar piece of shadow theatre, perhaps inspired by or even based on the Crystal Palace presentations, devised and performed by the Le Roy and Duret Company itself for performance on tour in the 1860s.

Performance history of the Le Roy and Duret version in South Africa

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 2nd August and billed as a "Great Comic Shadow Pantomime, sensation from the Crystal Palace". Also performed were The Mutiny at the Nore (Jerrold) and On the Sly (Morton).

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 6th August along with Lilian Gervais (Barnett), a comic dance called Gocum and Lisbeth (Jerrold) and On the Sly (Morton).

1866: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company in the Theatre Royal in Harrington Street, Cape Town, as Shadow Pantomime on the 25th of August. This was part of a children's matinee, which also included On the Sly, The Nervous Cures (Brown and Norton) and The Dancing Scotchman (Flexmore and Auriol?).

1867: Performed by the Le Roy and Duret theatre company as part of the Great Promenade Concert held for charity in the Good Hope Lodge in the Good Hope Gardens, Cape Town. Announced as "the celebrated Shadow Pantomime as lately produced at the Theatre Royal".

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 211-212,215, 220, 259, 268.

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

Evening Star And Dial, Tuesday, January 15, 1861[2]

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