Victorine

Victorine is a domestic melodrama by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802–1879).

The original text
Based on a French musical play of the same name by **.

Full original title in one early published English version: Victorine, or "I'll Sleep on It", and in another Victorine, or The Orphan of Paris (claiming to be "The only edition correctly marked, by permission, from the prompter's book.") Also found as Victorine's Dream, or The Orphan of Paris.

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Adelphi in London at the Adelphi in 1831, repeated in 1837.

Performance history in South Africa
1847: Performed in the Drury Lane Theatre, Cape Town as Victorine by Parker's Company, as part of a prosperous season.

1850: Performed in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town as Victorine's Dream, or The Orphan of Paris by Parker's Company, with Woman's the Devil.

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