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''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale]]'' is a drama in two acts by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[]
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''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale]]'' is a musical drama in two acts by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lunn,_Joseph_(DNB00)] (English libretto) and Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Horn] (music).
  
Also given as ''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit]]''.  
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Also given as '''''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit]]'''''.  
  
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==The original text==
  
<big>'''BEING EDITED'''</big>
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First performed as ''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit]]'' at the  Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 12 February, 1825. Said to be "from the French".
  
==The original text==
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Published in London by T. Dolby. (Dolby's British theatre.) [c.1825] and J. Cumberland as Issue 65 of Cumberland's British Theatre, 1860.
 
 
First performed as ''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit]]'' at the  Drury Lane Theatre, London, in 1825. Published in London by J. Cumberland 18--; and by G.H. Davidson, 1860.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1863: According to the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 15 September 1863 (as cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980: p. 298), a work called ''[[The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale]]'' (unattributed) was performed by the officers of the [[10th Regiment]] in King Williams Town on the Eastern Cape border during September of 1863. Though the title may have been a reference to the Scottish poet, novelist and essayist James Hogg (1770–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg], widely known as "The Ettrick Shepherd" of "The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale", no play by this specific name can be traced. There are a few options (see the entry on '''''[[The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale]]'''''), but one possibility is that it may have been a performance of '''''[[The Shepherd of Derwent Vale]]''''', wrongly titled.
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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Facsimile version of the 1825 Dolby text, Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=vl5TSRiq0_UC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=The+Shepherd+of+Derwent+Vale&source=bl&ots=UZHfv2eI5s&sig=ACfU3U0C0EiKgmJH6hEovdLuyr8WSkGzyQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnt9D4zePjAhUJUlAKHd7gCW0Q6AEwD3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Shepherd%20of%20Derwent%20Vale&f=false]
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lunn,_Joseph_(DNB00)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Horn
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Margaret Ross Griffel. 2012. ''Operas in English: A Dictionary''. Scarecrow Press.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Y8bQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA446&lpg=PA446&dq=The+Shepherd+of+Derwent+Vale&source=bl&ots=ZkigVvqdVg&sig=ACfU3U1Udim29MYRrxK3Vu5qaIHIGYXF6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnt9D4zePjAhUJUlAKHd7gCW0Q6AEwEnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Shepherd%20of%20Derwent%20Vale&f=false]
  
 
Entry in the Online Catalogue of the National Library of Wales[https://discover.library.wales/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=44WHELF_NLW_NUI&docid=44NLW_ALMA21842779250002419&fromSitemap=1&lang=en_US]
 
Entry in the Online Catalogue of the National Library of Wales[https://discover.library.wales/primo-explore/fulldisplay?vid=44WHELF_NLW_NUI&docid=44NLW_ALMA21842779250002419&fromSitemap=1&lang=en_US]
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https://www.jarndyce.co.uk/stock_detail.php?stockid=28491
  
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

Latest revision as of 11:09, 2 August 2019

The Shepherd of Derwent Vale is a musical drama in two acts by Joseph Lunn (1784-1863)[1] (English libretto) and Charles Edward Horn (1786–1849)[2] (music).

Also given as The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit.

The original text

First performed as The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, or, The Innocent Culprit at the Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 12 February, 1825. Said to be "from the French".

Published in London by T. Dolby. (Dolby's British theatre.) [c.1825] and J. Cumberland as Issue 65 of Cumberland's British Theatre, 1860.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1863: According to the Cape Argus of 15 September 1863 (as cited by F.C.L. Bosman, 1980: p. 298), a work called The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale (unattributed) was performed by the officers of the 10th Regiment in King Williams Town on the Eastern Cape border during September of 1863. Though the title may have been a reference to the Scottish poet, novelist and essayist James Hogg (1770–1835)[3], widely known as "The Ettrick Shepherd" of "The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale", no play by this specific name can be traced. There are a few options (see the entry on The Shepherd of Ettrick Vale), but one possibility is that it may have been a performance of The Shepherd of Derwent Vale, wrongly titled.

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1825 Dolby text, Google E-Book[4]

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lunn,_Joseph_(DNB00)

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

Margaret Ross Griffel. 2012. Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press.[5]

Entry in the Online Catalogue of the National Library of Wales[6]

https://www.jarndyce.co.uk/stock_detail.php?stockid=28491

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.


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