Elizabeth, or The Invisible Armada - Revision history

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 == The original text ==
-According to the author, it was inspired by Sheridan's satiric account of "Puff's tragedy of ''The Spanish Armada''" in ''[[The Critic]]'' (183*), some scenes from Tom Taylor's '' [['Twixt Axe and Crown]]'' (1870), and one scene vaguely referred to as from either an Italian play ''Elizabetta'', or something called ''The Grande Duchess'', but is "otherwise entirely original".
+According to the author, it was inspired by Sheridan's satiric account of "Puff's tragedy of ''The Spanish Armada''" in ''[[The Critic]]'' (1779), some scenes from Tom Taylor's '' [['Twixt Axe and Crown]]'' (1870), and one scene vaguely referred to as from either an Italian play ''Elizabetta'', or something called ''The Grande Duchess'', but is "otherwise entirely original".
 Burnand's play was first performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on 17 November, 1870 and published in London by Tinsley Brothers in the same year.

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 Some sources give the name of the play as either ''[[E---LIZabeth, or The Don, The Duck, The Drake and The Invisible Armada]]'' or ''[[E-liz-abeth, or The Don, The Duck, The Drake and The Invisible Armada]]''
-''Not to be confused with the plays called ''[[Elizabeth I]]'' (Foster) or ''[[Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman]]'' ([[Dario Fo]]).''
+''Not to be confused with the plays called ''[[Elizabeth I]]'' (Foster) or ''[[Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman]]'' (Dario Fo).''
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	Facsimile version of the 1870 published text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112044387667&view=1up&seq=5]		Facsimile version of the 1870 published text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112044387667&view=1up&seq=5]
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		+	Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2''. Camdridge University Press, p. 289[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dq=E-liz-abeth,+or+The+Don,+The+Duck,+The+Drake+and+The+Invisible+Armada&source=bl&ots=d7crzC0qv8&sig=ACfU3U1TgD0iBIQsESl6J8jxfFh_Yxhr4Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKt4a40bblAhUeURUIHYiYAhMQ6AEwC3oECAUQAQ#v=onepage&q=E-liz-abeth%2C%20or%20The%20Don%2C%20The%20Duck%2C%20The%20Drake%20and%20The%20Invisible%20Armada&f=false]

	https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Twixt-Axe-Crown-Lady-Elizabeth-Historical/12989041364/bd		https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Twixt-Axe-Crown-Lady-Elizabeth-Historical/12989041364/bd

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 According to the author, it was inspired by Sheridan's satiric account of "Puff's tragedy of ''The Spanish Armada''" in ''[[The Critic]]'' (183*), some scenes from Tom Taylor's '' [['Twixt Axe and Crown]]'' (1870), and one scene vaguely referred to as from either an Italian play ''Elizabetta'', or something called ''The Grande Duchess'', but is "otherwise entirely original".
-Burnand's play published in London by Tinsley Brothers, 1870.
+Burnand's play was first performed at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on 17 November, 1870 and published in London by Tinsley Brothers in the same year.
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 == The original text ==
-According to the author, it was inspired by Sheridan's satiric account of "Puff's tragedy of ''The Spanish Armada''" in ''[[The Critic]]'' (183*), some scenes from Tom Taylor's '' [['Twixt Axe and Crown]]'' (1870), and one scene from either an Italian play ''[[Elizabetta]]'', or something called ''[[The Grande Duchess]]'', but is "otherwise entirely original".
+According to the author, it was inspired by Sheridan's satiric account of "Puff's tragedy of ''The Spanish Armada''" in ''[[The Critic]]'' (183*), some scenes from Tom Taylor's '' [['Twixt Axe and Crown]]'' (1870), and one scene vaguely referred to as from either an Italian play ''Elizabetta'', or something called ''The Grande Duchess'', but is "otherwise entirely original".
 Burnand's play published in London by Tinsley Brothers, 1870.

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	Facsimile version of the 1870 published text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112044387667&view=1up&seq=5]		Facsimile version of the 1870 published text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112044387667&view=1up&seq=5]
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		+	https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Twixt-Axe-Crown-Lady-Elizabeth-Historical/12989041364/bd

	John Scotney. 1988. Puff's "Spanish Armada": A Producer's Viewpoint. ''RSA Journal''		John Scotney. 1988. Puff's "Spanish Armada": A Producer's Viewpoint. ''RSA Journal''

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 John Scotney. 1988. Puff's "Spanish Armada": A Producer's Viewpoint. ''RSA Journal''
 Vol. 136, No. 5386 (September 1988), pp. 745-748[https://www.jstor.org/stable/41374694?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents]
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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1901: Performed in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, in September, under the management of the [[Wheeler Brothers]], and featuring the "young American tragedienne" [[Nance O'Neill]].
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		+	1902: Repeated in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, in February, again featuring [[Nance O'Neill]].

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==