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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/]: p. 396
  
 
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Revision as of 07:01, 21 May 2017

The Wreck Ashore is a drama in two acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1], with music composed by George H. Rodwell.

Also known as The Wreck Ashore, or A Bridegroom from the Sea or simply Wreck Ashore.

The original text

Performed at Adelphi Theatre as The Wreck Ashore, or A Bridegroom from the Sea, on 21 October 1830. It was the hit of the 1830-31 season, during which it was repeated 80 times. Published in 1830 as The Wreck Ashore in London by Webster and Co., and by Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper.

Translations and adaptations

South African productions

1847: Performed for the benefit of the Regimental School on 7 July by the 90th Light Infantry in the Amateur Theatre, Cape Town, with No. 23, John-Street, Adelphi (Buckstone) and "A Serio-Comic Burlesque on the Tent Scene" in Richard III (Shakespeare)

Sources

https://www.umass.edu/AdelphiTheatreCalendar/m30d.htm

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [2]: p. 396

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