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| − | [[Peep O'day, or Savourneen Dheelish]]'' is an Irish romantic drama in four acts by Edmund Falconer (1814-1879) | + | #REDIRECT [[Peep O'day, or Savourneen Dheelish]] |
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| − | Also referred to simply as ''[[Peep O' Day]]'', also in South Africa. When performed under various versions other of the full title, the "Dheelish" is often spelled "Deelish", e.g. in the production at the St. John Dramatic Lyceum, London, on 21 June, 1867, where it was billed as ''[[Peep O'Day, or Savourneen Deelish!]]'' ('''and''' ''[[Peep O'Day! or Savourneen Deelish]]'')[].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Said by the author to have been "Derived from tales of the O'Hara Family", i.e. from the stories contained in ''The Peep O' Day, or John Doe and Crohoore of the Billhook'' by "The O'Hara Family" (pseudonym of John Banim, 1798-1842, and later edited his brother Michael Banim, 1796-1874).
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| − | A musical play with a large cast, it was first performed at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 11 November, 1861, and in played in a new version at the Drury Lane Theatre, London on 28 February, 1870
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| − | St. John Dramatic Lyceum, South Side King Square ... Peep O'Day, or, Savourneen deelish! ... Friday evening, June 21, 1867
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| − | The original playtext was published by and the "New Drury Lane Version" by Robert M. De Witt, New York (1870?) and The Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, in 1888?
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1875: Performed as ''[[The Peep o' Day]]'' on 20 September in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[The Whites and the Browns]]'' (Anon.).
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| − | 1875: Performed as ''[[The Peep O' Day or Savourneen Deelish]]'' on 22 September in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[The Whites & the Browns]]'' (Anon.).
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[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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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 327, 360, 376
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