ABSTRACT
Isaac Innes Pocock's art works belong to the collections of the Huntington Art Gallery, London’s National Portrait Gallery, and the Tate Britain. In an era when spectacle entertained audiences as much as story, Pocock’s works gained fame for featuring elaborate effects, including explosions. Mr. Pocock has done wisely in launching Robinson Crusoe on the dramatic ocean; where, after his many perils by sea and land, he is likely to make a prosperous voyage, and return home rich in golden opinions, and other articles of the selfsame metal. Robinson Crusoe; or, the Bold Buccaniers by Isaac Innes Pocock, which stands indebted to Charles Guilbert de Pixerecourt’s 1805 play Robinson Crusoe, proves one of the most successful adaptations. Pocock’s story begins years after Crusoe’s shipwreck, showing the results of his organization and labor in creating a comfortable, if primitive, lifestyle, with the rescued and reformed cannibal Friday as his companion.
