The Robber's Wife

From ESAT
Revision as of 05:43, 10 August 2017 by Satj (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''The Robber's Wife'' is a play by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock] Also known as ''The Robber's Wife, or the Coiner's Cave''...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

The Robber's Wife is a play by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[1]

Also known as The Robber's Wife, or the Coiner's Cave

The original text

An English adaptation by Pocock of the Irish tale called Suil Dhur, or The Coiners, reset in Cumberland. Performed at Theatre Royal Covent Garden in on 22 October 1829 under the title The Robber’s Wife. A number of later productions have the fuller title.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed as The Robber's Wife, or the Coiner's Cave in the Theatre Royal by the Garrison Players (possibly officers and men of the 11th Regiment) on Monday 4 February, with Bombastes Furioso (Rhodes).


Sources

Facsimile version of The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Volume 99,Part 2: Page 362, Google Ebook[2].

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 166,

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page