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''[[Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' is a play by Charles Matthews
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''[[Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' can refer to an English nursery rhyme or to any of a number of works using that title.
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''[[Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' is the name of an English nursery rhyme, and has often been used as a title and a theme for stories, plays and films. 
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For the text and more about the nursery rhyme and some of its influence, see "'''Cock Robin'''" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_Robin]. and "''' Who Killed Cock Robin?'''" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Killed_Cock_Robin%3F] in [[Wikipedia]] (the latter listing 20th century examples).
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'''''Below we list works performed in South Africa.'''''
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=''[[Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' by Charles Matthews (1865)=
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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A comedy written by Charles Matthews (1803–1878)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mathews,_Charles_James_(DNB00)], it was first performed on 13 November, 1865 in the Haymarket Theatre, London, and published by [[L.C. Lacy]] in the same year.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
First performed on 13 November, 1865 in the Haymarket Theatre, London, and published by L.C. Lacy in the same year.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
  
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1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]], aided by "A Host of Amateur Voluntary Aid",  in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 25 October, as a benefit for [[Le Roy]], along with a "''[[Musical Melange]]''" by the [[Darkie Serenaders]] and "Mr [[Percy Howard]]", a dance ("La Cachuca") by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]], a farewell address by [[Mrs Duret]] and an "Amusing sketch, arranged for the occasion" called ''[[Left the Stage, or Thornton Worrying Le Roy]]'' (the cast).
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= Sources =
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_Robin
  
1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mathews,_Charles_James_(DNB00)
  
== Sources ==
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press.
  
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.213
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]

Revision as of 06:45, 19 June 2020

Who Killed Cock Robin? can refer to an English nursery rhyme or to any of a number of works using that title.

Who Killed Cock Robin? as a title

Who Killed Cock Robin? is the name of an English nursery rhyme, and has often been used as a title and a theme for stories, plays and films.

For the text and more about the nursery rhyme and some of its influence, see "Cock Robin" [1]. and " Who Killed Cock Robin?" [2] in Wikipedia (the latter listing 20th century examples).

Below we list works performed in South Africa.

Who Killed Cock Robin? by Charles Matthews (1865)

The original text

A comedy written by Charles Matthews (1803–1878)[3], it was first performed on 13 November, 1865 in the Haymarket Theatre, London, and published by L.C. Lacy in the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company, aided by "A Host of Amateur Voluntary Aid", in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 25 October, as a benefit for Le Roy, along with a "Musical Melange" by the Darkie Serenaders and "Mr Percy Howard", a dance ("La Cachuca") by Mrs Brazier and Mrs Luin, a farewell address by Mrs Duret and an "Amusing sketch, arranged for the occasion" called Left the Stage, or Thornton Worrying Le Roy (the cast).

Sources

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

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mathews,_Charles_James_(DNB00)

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press.

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.213

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