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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Based on the much dramatized novel ''The Red Rover: A Tale'' by James Fenimore Cooper, published in Paris on November 27, 1827.  
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Based on the much dramatized novel ''The Red Rover: A Tale'' by James Fenimore Cooper[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper], published in Paris on November 27, 1827.  
  
 
It was one of 4 adaptations that appeared in London in 1829 alone, but by far the most popular. (Undeservedly so, according to Marianne Philbrick in her 1991  introduction to Cooper's novel[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Rk5JLP1UcM8C&pg=PR29&lpg=PR29&dq=The+Red+Rover+Fitzball&source=bl&ots=k6c_PLx3No&sig=qOITC6V--tooNhazhKt7COiwdjM&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg7dTyrI_KAhUD7BQKHTI7AssQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Red%20Rover%20Fitzball&f=false]).
 
It was one of 4 adaptations that appeared in London in 1829 alone, but by far the most popular. (Undeservedly so, according to Marianne Philbrick in her 1991  introduction to Cooper's novel[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Rk5JLP1UcM8C&pg=PR29&lpg=PR29&dq=The+Red+Rover+Fitzball&source=bl&ots=k6c_PLx3No&sig=qOITC6V--tooNhazhKt7COiwdjM&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg7dTyrI_KAhUD7BQKHTI7AssQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Red%20Rover%20Fitzball&f=false]).
  
The play was performed 9 February, 1829 in the Adelphi Theatre,  London and went on to become a popular performance piece for more than 25 years. Published by John Dicks (1928?) and John Cumberland, (1831?).
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The play was performed 9 February, 1829 in the Adelphi Theatre,  London and went on to become a popular and even influential performance piece for more than 25 years. Published by John Dicks (1928?) and John Cumberland, (1831?).
  
 
== South African productions ==
 
== South African productions ==
  
1847: Performed on 2 June by the [[Garrison Players|90th Light Infantry]] in the [[Amateur Theatre]], with the farce ''[[No. 23, John-Street, Adelphi]]'' (Buckstone)  
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1847: Performed on 2 June by the [[Garrison Players|90th Light Infantry]] in the [[Amateur Theatre]], Cape Town, with the farce ''[[No. 23, John-Street, Adelphi]]'' (Buckstone)
 
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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James Fenimore Cooper, ''The Red Rover: A Tale''  (edited by Thomas Philbrick and Marianne Philbrick) SUNY Press, 1991[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Rk5JLP1UcM8C&pg=PR29&lpg=PR29&dq=The+Red+Rover+Fitzball&source=bl&ots=k6c_PLx3No&sig=qOITC6V--tooNhazhKt7COiwdjM&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg7dTyrI_KAhUD7BQKHTI7AssQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Red%20Rover%20Fitzball&f=false]
 
James Fenimore Cooper, ''The Red Rover: A Tale''  (edited by Thomas Philbrick and Marianne Philbrick) SUNY Press, 1991[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Rk5JLP1UcM8C&pg=PR29&lpg=PR29&dq=The+Red+Rover+Fitzball&source=bl&ots=k6c_PLx3No&sig=qOITC6V--tooNhazhKt7COiwdjM&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg7dTyrI_KAhUD7BQKHTI7AssQ6AEIGTAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Red%20Rover%20Fitzball&f=false]
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 397
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 396
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Latest revision as of 07:06, 21 May 2017

The Red Rover, or The Mutiny of the Dolphin is a nautical drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[1].

The original text

Based on the much dramatized novel The Red Rover: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper[2], published in Paris on November 27, 1827.

It was one of 4 adaptations that appeared in London in 1829 alone, but by far the most popular. (Undeservedly so, according to Marianne Philbrick in her 1991 introduction to Cooper's novel[3]).

The play was performed 9 February, 1829 in the Adelphi Theatre, London and went on to become a popular and even influential performance piece for more than 25 years. Published by John Dicks (1928?) and John Cumberland, (1831?).

South African productions

1847: Performed on 2 June by the 90th Light Infantry in the Amateur Theatre, Cape Town, with the farce No. 23, John-Street, Adelphi (Buckstone)

Sources

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

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

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/2397528

James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale (edited by Thomas Philbrick and Marianne Philbrick) SUNY Press, 1991[4]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 396

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