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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Using rod puppets known at the time as [[fantoccini]],
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This appears to have been a ''[[Punch and Judy]]'' style performance put on by the local performer [[Alfred Ray]], using the kind of rod puppets known at the time as [[fantoccini]]
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 29 April by the [[Le Roy's Original Company]] , along with ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp]]'' (Byron) and ''[[The Robber's Family]]'' (Anon). The evening was offered as a benefit for [[Alfred Ray]] and was under the patronage of The Cape Voluntary Organisation.
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1867: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 29 April by the [[Le Roy's Original Company]] , along with ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp]]'' (Byron) and ''[[The Robber's Family]]'' (Anon). The evening was also offered as a benefit for [[Alfred Ray]] and was under the patronage of The Cape Voluntary Organisation.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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"Fantoccini" in ''The World Encyclopaedia of Puppetry'' ([[Unima]]) [[https://wepa.unima.org/en/fantoccini/]]
  
 
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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https://wepa.unima.org/en/fantoccini/
  
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

Revision as of 05:49, 28 November 2019

The Fantoccini Family is the name given to a puppetry performance put on in Cape Town by Alfred Ray in 1867.

See also the entry on the term fantoccini

The original text

This appears to have been a Punch and Judy style performance put on by the local performer Alfred Ray, using the kind of rod puppets known at the time as fantoccini.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1867: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 29 April by the Le Roy's Original Company , along with Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp (Byron) and The Robber's Family (Anon). The evening was also offered as a benefit for Alfred Ray and was under the patronage of The Cape Voluntary Organisation.

Sources

"Fantoccini" in The World Encyclopaedia of Puppetry (Unima) [[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 1932. (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: p.222

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