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=The ballad

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−	There appear to have been a number of stage versions that include this phrase ''[[Alonzo the Brave]]'' in their title, all apparently versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)]. Among them have been texts by Didelot (1801), T.J. Dibdin (1821 and 1826), E. Fitzball (1850), H.T. Craven (1855) and Francis Cowley Burnand (1855), many of them with the title ''[[Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene]]''.	+	#REDIRECT [[Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene]]
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−	~~''For more on the various versions, see Allardyce Nicoll's 1975 book, '''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900''' (Cambridge University Press).~~
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−	~~==The ballad==~~
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−	The ballad tells of Alonzo, who bids Imogene be faithful to him when he leaves for the wars in Palestine, but another wooer wins her hand. At the wedding, the spectre of Alonzo, a rotting skeleton clad in armor, appears and bears the false Imogene away, to the horror of all. It is said that three times a year the couple will appear at a ball and dance
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−	~~==South African performances==~~
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−	~~On 6 April, 1858 an item listed as ''~~[[~~The Celebrated History of~~ Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' made up part of an evening's entertainment presented in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company. The programme also included a performance of Fitzball's "Celebrated Nautical Romantic Drama", ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'', ''[[The Lottery Ticket]]'' (Beazley) and a song sung by [[J.E.H. English]].
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−	~~==Sources==~~
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−	~~Bartleby.com: Text of the ballad by Lewis[https://www.bartleby.com/360/7/168.html]~~
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−	~~http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/RcAtBaFI.html~~
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−	Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p. 13[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nEilDfLnCSQC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Alonzo+the+Brave+and+The+Fair+Imogene+by+H.T.+Craven&source=bl&ots=Bg5sM_srW8&sig=ACfU3U2uHA6p7e8M83M1jRaxttDJomwOaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT7deShtvmAhULE8AKHcxlBTsQ6AEwCnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Alonzo%20the%20Brave%20and%20The%20Fair%20Imogene%20by%20H.T.%20Craven&f=false] and p. 287[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ong3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=The+Celebrated+History+of+Alonzo+the+Brave+and+the+Fair+Imogen&source=bl&ots=UM6Mz1u-tn&sig=ACfU3U1R4VIfvmlAxw83HB4eAS4zD8495A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV6L_Y_NrmAhWILMAKHaAMC1YQ6AEwEnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Celebrated%20History%20of%20Alonzo%20the%20Brave%20and%20the%20Fair%20Imogen&f=false]
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−	~~52952 A - Z. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1855. [https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1855.pdf]~~
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−	~~[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.69.~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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−	~~== Return to ==~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[Main Page~~]]

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−	There appear to have been a number of stage versions that include this phrase ''[[Alonzo the Brave]]'' in their title, all apparently versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)]. Among them have been texts by Didelot (1801), T.J. Dibdin (1821 and 1826), E. Fitzball (1850), H.T. Craven (1855) and Francis Cowley Burnand (1855).	+	There appear to have been a number of stage versions that include this phrase ''[[Alonzo the Brave]]'' in their title, all apparently versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)]. Among them have been texts by Didelot (1801), T.J. Dibdin (1821 and 1826), E. Fitzball (1850), H.T. Craven (1855) and Francis Cowley Burnand (1855), many of them with the title ''[[Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene]]''.

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 A - Z. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1855. [https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1855.pdf]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.69.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	52952 A - Z. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1855. [https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1855.pdf]		52952 A - Z. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1855. [https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1855.pdf]
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.
		+
		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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		+	== Return to ==
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
		+
		+	Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
		+
		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
		+
		+	Return to [[Main Page]]

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+==The ballad==
 The ballad tells of Alonzo, who bids Imogene be faithful to him when he leaves for the wars in Palestine, but another wooer wins her hand. At the wedding, the spectre of Alonzo, a rotting skeleton clad in armor, appears and bears the false Imogene away, to the horror of all. It is said that three times a year the couple will appear at a ball and dance

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−	''For more on the various versions, see Allardyce Nicoll's 1975 book, '''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900''' Cambridge University Press.	+	''For more on the various versions, see Allardyce Nicoll's 1975 book, '''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900''' (Cambridge University Press).
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−	~~See~~ Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press~~: p~~. 13[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nEilDfLnCSQC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Alonzo+the+Brave+and+The+Fair+Imogene+by+H.T.+Craven&source=bl&ots=Bg5sM_srW8&sig=ACfU3U2uHA6p7e8M83M1jRaxttDJomwOaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT7deShtvmAhULE8AKHcxlBTsQ6AEwCnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Alonzo%20the%20Brave%20and%20The%20Fair%20Imogene%20by%20H.T.%20Craven&f=false] and p. 287[https://books.google.co.za/books?	+	''For more on the various versions, see Allardyce Nicoll's 1975 book, '''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900''' Cambridge University Press.
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	==The ballad=		==The ballad=

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	There appear to have been a number of stage versions that include this phrase ''[[Alonzo the Brave]]'' in their title, all apparently versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)]. Among them have been texts by Didelot (1801), T.J. Dibdin (1821 and 1826), E. Fitzball (1850), H.T. Craven (1855) and Francis Cowley Burnand (1855).		There appear to have been a number of stage versions that include this phrase ''[[Alonzo the Brave]]'' in their title, all apparently versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)]. Among them have been texts by Didelot (1801), T.J. Dibdin (1821 and 1826), E. Fitzball (1850), H.T. Craven (1855) and Francis Cowley Burnand (1855).
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		+	See Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p. 13[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nEilDfLnCSQC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Alonzo+the+Brave+and+The+Fair+Imogene+by+H.T.+Craven&source=bl&ots=Bg5sM_srW8&sig=ACfU3U2uHA6p7e8M83M1jRaxttDJomwOaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT7deShtvmAhULE8AKHcxlBTsQ6AEwCnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Alonzo%20the%20Brave%20and%20The%20Fair%20Imogene%20by%20H.T.%20Craven&f=false] and p. 287[https://books.google.co.za/books?

	==The ballad=		==The ballad=

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 There appear to have been a number of stage versions that include this phrase ''[[Alonzo the Brave]]'' in their title, all apparently versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)]. Among them have been texts by Didelot (1801), T.J. Dibdin (1821 and 1826),  E. Fitzball (1850), H.T. Craven (1855) and Francis Cowley Burnand (1855).
-=The ballad known as ''The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen''=
+==The ballad=
 The ballad tells of Alonzo, who bids Imogene be faithful to him when he leaves for the wars in Palestine, but another wooer wins her hand. At the wedding, the spectre of Alonzo, a rotting skeleton clad in armor, appears and bears the false Imogene away, to the horror of all. It is said that three times a year the couple will appear at a ball and dance
-=''[[Alonzo the Brave and The Fair Imogene]]'', a [[burlesque]] in one act by H.T. Craven=
+==South African performances==
-First performed at the Strand Theatre on  29 January 1855.
+On 6 April, 1858 an item listed as ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' made up part of an evening's entertainment presented in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company. The programme also included   a performance of Fitzball's  "Celebrated Nautical Romantic Drama", ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'', ''[[The Lottery Ticket]]'' (Beazley) and a song sung by [[J.E.H. English]].
-=''[[Alonzo the Brave, or Faust and the Fair Imogene]]'' ,  a [[burlesque]] by Francis Cowley Burnand ()[]=
+==Sources==
 Bartleby.com: Text of the ballad by Lewis[https://www.bartleby.com/360/7/168.html]