The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish
The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish is a romantic drama by William Bayle Bernard..
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The original text
Based on James Fenimore Cooper's tale The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish, telling the story of Ruth Heathcoat, who had been abducted by Narragansett Indians as an infant, raised by the tribe and fully adopted its culture. When found by her relatives she had married, taken a tribal name, Narra-mattah, and given birth to a son.
Bosman (1980: p. 221) lists the play's name (wrongly) as The Weft of the Wish-ton-Wish
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Performance history in South Africa
1867: Performed, as The Weft of the Wish-ton-Wish (?), by "Le Roy's Original Company" in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town on 28 February, with The Legend of St Croix (Anon.).
Sources
D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.221
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