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 : Performed by the [[Young Men's Dramatic Company]] in [[Mr Ferguson's Saloon]], in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with ''[[A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition]]'' (Halliday and Brough).
-: Performed  by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' by [[Miss Berenger]] and  ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment|The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).
+: Performed  by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (Tennyson) by [[Miss Berenger]] and  ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment|The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).
 : Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 July, with ''[[Life's Revenge]]'' (Suter).

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 : Performed by the [[Young Men's Dramatic Company]] in [[Mr Ferguson's Saloon]], in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with ''[[A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition]]'' (Halliday and Brough).
-: Performed  by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' by [[Miss Berenger]] and  ''[[Madeleine, Daughter of the Regiment|The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).
+: Performed  by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' by [[Miss Berenger]] and  ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment|The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).
 : Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 July, with ''[[Life's Revenge]]'' (Suter).

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 : Performed by the [[Young Men's Dramatic Company]] in [[Mr Ferguson's Saloon]], in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with ''[[A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition]]'' (Halliday and Brough).
-: Performed  by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' by Miss Berenger]] and  ''[[Madeleine, The Daughter of the Regiment|The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).
+: Performed  by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' by [[Miss Berenger]] and  ''[[Madeleine, Daughter of the Regiment|The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).
 : Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 July, with ''[[Life's Revenge]]'' (Suter).

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	1867: Performed by the [[Young Men's Dramatic Company]] in [[Mr Ferguson's Saloon]], in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with ''[[A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition]]'' (Halliday and Brough).		1867: Performed by the [[Young Men's Dramatic Company]] in [[Mr Ferguson's Saloon]], in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with ''[[A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition]]'' (Halliday and Brough).
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		+	1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' by Miss Berenger]] and ''[[Madeleine, The Daughter of the Regiment\|The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).

	1875: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 July, with ''[[Life's Revenge]]'' (Suter).		1875: Performed by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 3 July, with ''[[Life's Revenge]]'' (Suter).

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 : Performed by the [[Valorous Amateurs]] (amateur players from H.M.S. ''Valorous'') in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 November, with ''[[Michael Erle the Maniac Lover]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Betsy Baker]]'' (Morton).
-: Performed by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 8 December, with performances of dances and music.
+: Performed by the [[9th Regiment]]'s dramatic company in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 8 December, with performances of dances and music.
 : Performed by the [[Young Men's Dramatic Company]] in [[Mr Ferguson's Saloon]], in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with ''[[A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition]]'' (Halliday and Brough).

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 "John Beer Johnstone" in: Léger-St-Jean, Marie. ''Price One Penny: A Database of Cheap Literature, 1837-1860''. [19 March 2017]. Faculty of English, Cambridge [08 April 2018]  (http://priceonepenny.info).[http://www.priceonepenny.info/database/show_author.php?author_id=290]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 124, 258,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 124, 258, 270, 271, 325, 359, 361.
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 ==The original text==
-The play was inspired by the  famous American ballad ''Ben Bolt'' by Thomas Dunn English (1819–1902)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dunn_English], the poem providing both the broad theme and the names of the lead characters.
+The play was inspired by the  famous American ballad ''Ben Bolt'' by Thomas Dunn English (1819–1902)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dunn_English], written in 1842 and published in the New York Mirror in 1843, after which it became a very popular as poem in America and England, and thereafter even better known as a naval song, having been set to music by Nelson Kneass.
-The poem had been written in 1842 and published in the New York Mirror in 1843, after which it became a very popular as poem in America and England, and thereafter even better known as a naval song, having been set to music by Nelson Kneass.
+The poem provided both the broad theme and the names of the lead characters, and the play was first performed at the Royal Surrey Theatre on Tuesday, 28 March 1854, and published in the same year by Thomas Hailes Lacy.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	1866: Performed by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 8 December, with performances of dances and music.		1866: Performed by the [[Garrison Players]] in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 8 December, with performances of dances and music.
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		+	1867: Performed by the [[Young Men's Dramatic Company]] in the [[Mr Ferguson's Saloon]], in the Swiss Hotel, Plein Street, Cape Town on 24 July, with ''[[A Shilling Day at the (Great) Exhibition]]'' (Halliday and Brough).

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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 : Performed by the [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in Cape Town with ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) on 3 May.
-: Repeated by the [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in Cape Town with  a scen from ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[To Paris and Back for £5]]'' (Morton on 9 May.
+: Repeated by the [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in Cape Town with  a scen from ''[[Macbeth]]'' (Shakespeare) and ''[[To Paris and Back for £5]]'' (Morton) on 9 May.
 : Performed by the [[Valorous Amateurs]] (amateur players from H.M.S. ''Valorous'') in the [[Garrison Theatre]], Cape Town on 17 November, with ''[[Michael Erle the Maniac Lover]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[Betsy Baker]]'' (Morton).