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[[The Wreck Ashore]] is a  drama, in two acts by by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone], with music composed by  George H. Rodwell.  
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''[[The Wreck Ashore]]'' is a  drama in two acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone], with music composed by  George Rodwell (1800-1852)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell].
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Also known as '''''[[The Wreck Ashore, or A Bridegroom from the Sea]]''''' or simply '''''[[Wreck Ashore]]'''''.
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
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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.
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Published in 1830 as ''[[The Wreck Ashore]] in London by Webster and Co., and by Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
Also known as [[The Wreck Ashore; or, A Bridegroom from the Sea]] or simply [[Wreck Ashore]].
 
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 as The wreck ashore : a drama, in two acts by London : Webster and Co., and by Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1830.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
== South African productions ==
 
== South African productions ==
  
1847: Performed on 2 June by the [[Garrison Players|90th Light Infantry]] in the [[Amateur Theatre]], Cape Town, with the farce ''[[The Red Rover,  or The Mutiny of the Dolphin]]'' (Fitzball)
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1847: Performed as ''[[The Wreck Ashore]]'' for the benefit of the Regimental School on 7 July by the [[Garrison Players|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)
 
 
1847: Performed for the benefit of the Regimental School on 7 July by the [[Garrison Players|90th Light Infantry]] in the [[Amateur Theatre]], Cape Town, with ''[[The Wreck Ashore]]'' (Buckstone) and "A Serio-Comic Burlesque on the Tent Scene" in ''[[Richard III]]'' (Shakespeare)
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
  
[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 396
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rodwell
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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
  
 
Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 07:01, 28 July 2017

The Wreck Ashore is a drama in two acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[1], with music composed by George Rodwell (1800-1852)[2].

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 as The Wreck Ashore 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

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: p. 396

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