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Also known as ''[[The Wreck Ashore; or, A Bridegroom from the Sea]]'' or simply ''[[Wreck Ashore]]''. | Also known as ''[[The Wreck Ashore; or, A Bridegroom from the Sea]]'' or simply ''[[Wreck Ashore]]''. | ||
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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. | ||
| + | Published in 1830 as ''[[The Wreck Ashore]] in London by Webster and Co., and by Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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== South African productions == | == South African productions == | ||
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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) | 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) | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 4 January 2016
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.
Contents
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 The Wreck Ashore (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[2]: pp. 396
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