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A verse play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784 - 1862)
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''[[The Rose of Arragon]]'' is a verse play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784 - 1862)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1850 Performed by the Garrison Players|Garrison Amateur Players on 31 July , with [[The Practical Man]] (Bernard). Repeated on 9 August with [[Shocking Events]] (Hall/Buckstone?) as afterpiece.  
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1850 Performed by the [[Garrison Players|Garrison Amateur Players]], led by [[Captain Hall]],  on 31 July , with ''[[A Practical Man]]'' (Bernard - wrongly announced as ''[[The Practical Man]]'').  
  
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1850: Repeated by the [[Garrison Players|Garrison Amateur Players]] on 9 August with ''[[Shocking Events]]''  (Buckstone) as afterpiece.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Facsimile of the 1842 edition, The Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/rosearragonapla00knowgoog]
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Facsimile of the 1842 edition of the play, ''The Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/rosearragonapla00knowgoog]
  
The Athenaeum No 763, Saturday, 11 June 1842[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=MINAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=The+Rose+of+Arragon+by+Knowles&source=bl&ots=UYzWhNwGbo&sig=g-U2r4swb1I2oGXoC4bJttm55Bc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XBUeVe69Jeiz7galu4GoBw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Rose%20of%20Arragon%20by%20Knowles&f=false]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Sheridan_Knowles
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 399,  
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''The Athenaeum'' No 763, Saturday, 11 June 1842[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=MINAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA531&lpg=PA531&dq=The+Rose+of+Arragon+by+Knowles&source=bl&ots=UYzWhNwGbo&sig=g-U2r4swb1I2oGXoC4bJttm55Bc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XBUeVe69Jeiz7galu4GoBw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=The%20Rose%20of%20Arragon%20by%20Knowles&f=false]
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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. 399,  
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:10, 12 June 2017

The Rose of Arragon is a verse play in five acts by James Sheridan Knowles (1784 - 1862)[1].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 4 June, 1842. Published by Edward Moxon in 1842.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1850 Performed by the Garrison Amateur Players, led by Captain Hall, on 31 July , with A Practical Man (Bernard - wrongly announced as The Practical Man).

1850: Repeated by the Garrison Amateur Players on 9 August with Shocking Events (Buckstone) as afterpiece.

Sources

Facsimile of the 1842 edition of the play, The Internet Archive[2]

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

The Athenaeum No 763, Saturday, 11 June 1842[3]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 399,

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