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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858  play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least the title of that play).
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Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same person who had written the one act play in 1858,
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The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858  play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least by the title of that play).
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:47, 23 August 2020

My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding is a one act play said to be by "a Gentleman of Cape Town".

The original text

Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for Mrs Tellett by a Gentleman of Cape Town". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though it may possibly be the same person who had written the one act play in 1858,

The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858 play Our American Cousin (or at least by the title of that play).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: performed by Mrs Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 23 June, 1862, as an afterpiece to Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment (Stirling).

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.131

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