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''[[The Hunchback]]'' is a play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles]
 
''[[The Hunchback]]'' is a play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles]
  
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==The original text==
  
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1832, with Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble and Knowles himself in the cast. Published in London the same year by E. Moxon.  
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1832, with Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble and Knowles himself in the cast. Published in London the same year by E. Moxon.  
  
1877: Performed as ''[[Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half]]'' by the [[Disney Roebuck]] Company  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 15 November, with ''[[The Hunchback]]'' (Knowles).
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1877: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] Company  in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 15 November, with ''[[Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half]]'' (Morton).
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== Sources ==
  
 
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3480
 
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3480
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles
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[[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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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Revision as of 05:51, 18 April 2018

The Hunchback is a play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862)[1]


The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1832, with Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble and Knowles himself in the cast. Published in London the same year by E. Moxon.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1877: Performed by the Disney Roebuck Company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 15 November, with Betsy Baker, or Too Attentive by Half (Morton).

Sources

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3480

Facsimile version of the 1832 text, The Internet Archive[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles

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

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page