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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | 1862: Performed by the Mrs [[Clara | + | 1862: Performed by the Mrs [[Clara Tellett]]'s company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 30 June, with ''[[A Desperate Game]]'' (Morton) and a "Medley Dance" by [[Mrs Brazier]]. |
| − | 1862: Performed by [[Clara Tellett]]'s company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 14 July, with ''[[The Warlock of the Glen]]'' (Walker) and a "clog dance" by [[Mr Stokes]]. | + | 1862: Performed by Mrs [[Clara Tellett]]'s company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 14 July, with ''[[The Warlock of the Glen]]'' (Walker) and a "clog dance" by [[Mr Stokes]]. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001426643] | Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, [[HathiTrust Digital Library]][https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001426643] | ||
| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: | + | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.131s |
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:19, 13 March 2021
The Prima Donna is a comedy in two acts by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[1].
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Royal Princess's theatre, London, on September 18th, 1852. Published in London by T.H. Lacy in 1852(?) and by Samuel French in 1854(?).
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed by the Mrs Clara Tellett's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 30 June, with A Desperate Game (Morton) and a "Medley Dance" by Mrs Brazier.
1862: Performed by Mrs Clara Tellett's company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 14 July, with The Warlock of the Glen (Walker) and a "clog dance" by Mr Stokes.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Lacy edition, HathiTrust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.131s
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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