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''[[Matteo Falcone, or The Brigand and Son]]'' is a one act melodrama by W.H. Oxberry ()[]  

Also found simply as ''[[Matteo Falcone]]''


== The original text ==

Based on a popular short story ("Mateo Falcone", 1829) by Prosper Merimée (1803 – 1870)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e], the story of a Corsican man who kills his son in the name of justice. The story first appeared in the May issue of ''Revue de Paris'' in 1829. 

The English play was adapted as a one act melodrama by W.H. Oxberry and first produced at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, June 6th, 1836. This performance text was printed , with ''[[The Middy Ashore]]'', by John Dicks, 313 Strand, London 313.

==Translations and adaptations==

The story has been made into a short opera of the same name by the Russian composer César Cui (1906-1907) and has been filmed a number of times.  

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1850: Performed  as ''[[Matteo Falcone]]'' in the [[Hope Street Theatre]] on 17 December  by the [[New English Theatrical Company]] of [[W.F.H. Parker]]; with ''[[Woman's the Devil]]'' (Stirling) as  afterpiece. Apparently they did not use the English stage adaptation by Oxberry, for a translator, named "Wilson", is listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928, p.419). 

== Sources ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateo_Falcone

Full texts of ''The Middy Ashore'' and ''Matteo Falcone'', ''Internet Archive''[http://archive.org/stream/middyashoreandma00bernuoft/middyashoreandma00bernuoft_djvu.txt]

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 419

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