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| − | ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom, or A Ghost in spite of Himself]]'' is a farce in two acts by William Thomas (W.T.) Moncrieff (1794-1857)[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moncrieff,_William_Thomas_(DNB00)].
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| − | The play is sometimes listed as '''''[[The Spectre Bridegroom]]''''' only.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Founded on a story of the same name in ''The Sketch Book'' by Washington Irving (published under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in serial form 1819 and 1820).
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| − | First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Monday, July 2, 1821 by Elliston.
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| − | Published in London and New York in 1821. Printed by J. Tabby, 1821.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1831: Performed by [[All the World's a Stage]] under the management of Mr Booth in the [[African Theatre]] on 17 December, 1831 as afterpiece to ''[[Der Freischütz]]'' (Weber) and ''[[The Lawyer in the Sack]]'' (Booth).
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| − | 1833: Performed, with ''[[Wild Oats, or The Strolling Gentleman]]''(O'Keefe), as part of a "Farewell Benefit" for [[Mr Booth]] by [[All the World's a Stage]] in the [[African Theatre]] on 5 March, 1833.
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| − | 1834: Performed, under the patronage of the Governor, by the "[[Private Amateur Company]]" (a civil society), in the [[Amateur Theatre]] ([[Liefhebbery Toneel]]) on 30 September, as afterpiece to ''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (Shakespeare).
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| − | 1838: Performed by the [[English Amateur Company]] in the [[African Theatre|Cape Town Theatre]] on 13 October, 1838, as afterpiece to ''[[Ambrose Guinett, or a Sea-Side Story]]'' (Jerrold). The name of the author is wrongly spelled "Moncrieffe" in the source for this production. (According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928, this was to be the last production mounted in the [[African Theatre]] before it was sold and turned into a church, and it was also the last production by English amateurs in Cape Town till 1843, for the Methodist movement to close the theatres had temporarily won the battle.)
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| − | 1838: It may also have been performed in Grahamstown as ''[[The Castle Spectre]]'' in this year by the [[Grahamstown Amateur Company]], performing under the motto [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] (Though there is some difference of opinion between [[F.C.L. Bosman]] and [[P.W. Laidler]] on whether it was not perhaps the performance in Cape Town - see [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 388-9).
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| − | 1858: Performed as ''[[The Spectre Bridegroom]]'' by the [[Charles Fraser]] and a company of amateurs in the [[Cape Town Theatre]] on 27 December, with ''[[A Blighted Being]]'' (Lefranc/Taylor) and ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler).
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| − | 1860: Performed for on 29 October in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]] with ''[[The Rivals]]'' (Moncrieff).
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| − | 1861: Performed by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on June 5, featuring [[F. Girton]] (Mr. Nicodemus), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Squire Aldwinkle), [[J. F. Gay]] (Dickery, his man), [[J. Mann]] (Captain Vanntington), [[W. Dansie]] (Paul), [[T. Paterson]] (Thomas, a servant), [[J. Davies]] (Georgiana Aldwinkle) and [[J. Durney]] (Lavinia, her cousin). The evening also included tow more plays, ''[[Poses-De-Vaux]]'' and ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]''.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Copy of the text in the Internet Archive[https://archive.org/details/spectrebridegroo00monc]
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| − | Copy of Samuel French text[http://victorian.worc.ac.uk/modx/assets/docs/pdf/Vol35viiSpectre.pdf]
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| − | http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Moncrieff,_William_Thomas_(DNB00)
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| − | Worldcat website[http://www.worldcat.org/title/spectre-bridegroom-or-a-ghost-in-spite-of-himself-a-farce-in-two-acts-by-w-t-moncrieff/oclc/458041523]
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| − | http://www.worldcat.org/title/spectre-bridegroom/oclc/56886389?referer=di&ht=edition
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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. 205-6, 208, 218, 225, 389.
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