Difference between revisions of "The Mischievous Nigger"

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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1968: Performed by the [[Phoenix Club]] in the [[St Aloysius Hall]], Cape Town, in October along with a "comic scene" called ''[[Who's Bones]]''.  
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1868: Performed by the [[Phoenix Club]] in the [[St Aloysius Hall]], Cape Town, in October along with a "comic scene" called ''[[Who's Bones]]''.  
  
 
1870: Performed, along with ''[[The Area Belle]]'', in the [[New Lyceum Theatre]] in July by [[J. Ryan]] and the [[86th Royal Downshire Minstrels]], aided by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]].
 
1870: Performed, along with ''[[The Area Belle]]'', in the [[New Lyceum Theatre]] in July by [[J. Ryan]] and the [[86th Royal Downshire Minstrels]], aided by the [[Amateur Coloured Troupe]].

Revision as of 07:07, 4 September 2018

The Mischievous Nigger is a "negro farce" in one act and one scene by Charles White (1821-1891)[1].

The original text

A minstrel show, it was probably first performed performed at White's Opera House, 49 Bowery, N.Y and published in New York by F. A. Brady (No XV in Brady's Ethiopian Drama) in 1856.

Performance history in South Africa

1868: Performed by the Phoenix Club in the St Aloysius Hall, Cape Town, in October along with a "comic scene" called Who's Bones.

1870: Performed, along with The Area Belle, in the New Lyceum Theatre in July by J. Ryan and the 86th Royal Downshire Minstrels, aided by the Amateur Coloured Troupe.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original Brady text, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_%22Charlie%22_White

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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