Jeanie Deans (play)
The play Jeanie Deans was written by Dion Boucicault in 1860.[1] It was based on Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Heart of Midlothian and is named after the heroine of the novel, Jeanie Deans. This play was also published as 'The Trial of Effie Deans' or 'The Heart of Mid-Lothian', but they are definitely the same play as 'Jeanie Deans'.[2] It was first produced on 9 January 1860 at Laura Keene's Theatre, New York.[3] It was produced in London at the Westminster Theatre on 26 January 1863 under the title of 'The Trial of Effie Deans'.[4] The play seems not to have been performed in the 20th century. Thomas Hailes Lacy seems to have incorporated Boucicault's play in a later publication entitled: The Heart of Mid-Lothian; or, the Sisters of St. Leonard's[5]
References
- ↑ Cf. "Playwrights and their Stage Works - Dion Boucicault"; Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ↑ Cf. Richard Fawkes, Dion Boucicault: a Biography, London: Quartet Books, 1979, p.141: "The Trial of Effie Deans was the play Jeanie Deans . . ."
- ↑ Richard Fawkes, p. 263.
- ↑ Cf. "A List of Dion Boucicault's Major Dramatic Works"; Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ↑ Cf. The entry in the British Library catalogue:
- "The Heart of Mid-Lothian; or, the Sisters of St Leonard's A drama in three acts. Adapted from Sir Walter Scott's novel, with introductions from T Dibdin's play, W Murray's alteration of the same, Eugene Scribe's opera, and Dion Boucicault's amalgamation of the above, Colin Hazlewood's adjustment and re-adjustment, J B Johnstone's appropriation, and other equally original versions, together with a very small amount of new matter, by T H Lacy. Author: Thomas Hailes Lacy 1809-1873. Publication Details: London : Thomas Hailes Lacy, [1863]" - British Library catalogue: Retrieved 2012-02-02.
