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| − | Adapted as ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly]]'', A Domestic Drama in Six Acts by George L. Aiken ()[], it became a sensational hit in the USA when first performed in 1853. Published by [[Samuel French]] in the 1850s. | + | Adapted as ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly]]'', A Domestic Drama in Six Acts by George L. Aiken (1830-1876)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Aiken_(playwright)], it became a sensational hit in the USA when first performed in 1853. Published by [[Samuel French]] in the 1850s. |
Revision as of 05:12, 8 September 2020
Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly is an influential and famous anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)[1].
Usually referred to simply as Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Contents
The novel
Originally published as a 40-week serial in The National Era, beginning on June 5, 1851, the story was published in book form by John P. Jewett on March 20, 1852. The novel became the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, second only to the Bible and had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have substantially contributed to the start of the Civil War.
Translations and adaptations
Adaptations for the stage
The work was often adapted for the stage, beginning with the version by George Aikin, and followed by pieces by Edward Fitzball, Colin Hazlewood, Charles Hermann, Mark Lemon and Tom Taylor, Charles Morton and others. Below more details on versions performed in South Africa.
Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Drama of Real Life by Charles Hermann
Adapted as Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Drama of Real Life by Charles Hermann and published in Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays, vol 12 in the 1850s. The Charles Hermann text was later produced at The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, on 15 August, 1892.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly by G.L. Aiken
Adapted as Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, A Domestic Drama in Six Acts by George L. Aiken (1830-1876)[2], it became a sensational hit in the USA when first performed in 1853. Published by Samuel French in the 1850s.
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Adaptations for film and TV
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe
H. Philip Bolton. 2000. Women Writers Dramatized: A Calendar of Performances from Narrative Works Published in English to 1900. London: A&C Black: p.320, 375.
Ben Brewster and Lea Jacobs. 1997. Theatre to Cinema: Stage Pictorialism and the Early Feature Film'. Oxford: Oxford University Press: p. 219.
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: pp.203-205
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