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1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 29 July, as afterpiece to ''[[Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin and the Little Girl who Lost her Sheep]]'' (Baldwin) | 1861: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 29 July, as afterpiece to ''[[Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin and the Little Girl who Lost her Sheep]]'' (Baldwin) | ||
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| + | 1876: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town, on 24 August, as afterpiece to ''[[The Bottle, or The Drunkard's Doom]]'' () | ||
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Revision as of 05:26, 14 September 2020
The Middy Ashore is a farce by William Bayle Bernard (1807 –1875)[1].
(The play sometimes wrongly named The Midday Ashore)
Contents
The original text
First produced at the Theatre Royal Lyceum, May 23, 1836, and the performance text printed , with Matteo Falcone , by John Dicks, 313 Strand, London 313.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1851 Performed by the New English Theatrical Company in the Drury Lane Theatre, Cape Town, as afterpiece to The King's Command (Thompson).
1861: Performed by Sefton Parry and his company in the Theatre Royal, Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 29 July, as afterpiece to Little Bo-Peep, or Harlequin and the Little Girl who Lost her Sheep (Baldwin)
1876: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town, on 24 August, as afterpiece to The Bottle, or The Drunkard's Doom ()
Sources
Google Books:The Midday Ashore[2]
Internet Archive: Full text of "The middy ashore, and Matteo Falcone" [3]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp.420.
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.98, 342
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