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 === Performances in South Africa ===
-: Scenes from the burletta were performed by [[M'Collum's Circus]] during August, as accompaniment to a performance of the "laughable extravaganza ''[[La Rendezvous]]''", along with various [[tableaux]] (such as ''[[Mont au Ciel]]'' and ''[[Harlequin Statue]]'', etc.).
+: Scenes from the [[burletta]] were performed by [[M'Collum's Circus]] during August, as accompaniment to a performance of the "laughable extravaganza ''[[La Rendezvous]]''", along with various [[tableaux]] (such as ''[[Mont au Ciel]]'' and ''[[Harlequin Statue]]'', etc.).
 : Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 10 January with ''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow|Dido, Queen of Carthage]]'' and ''[[A Night at Notting Hill]]'' (Yates and Harrington).

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 [[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.439-440
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.139, 155-9
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.139, 158-9
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ===The original text===
-''[[Fra Diavolo, or The Beauty and the Brigands]]'' is a [[burlesque]] [[burletta]] by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[]. based on Scriber and Auber's comic opera ''[[Fra Diavolo, ou l'Hotellêrie de Terracine]]''. Also referred to as ''[[Beauty and the Brigands]]'' or ''[[Fra Diavolo]]''.
+''[[Fra Diavolo, or The Beauty and the Brigands]]'' is a [[burlesque]] [[burletta]] by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron], based on Scriber and Auber's comic opera ''[[Fra Diavolo, ou l'Hotellêrie de Terracine]]''. Also referred to as ''[[Beauty and the Brigands]]'' or ''[[Fra Diavolo]]''.
 It was first performed at The Strand Theatre,  London on 5 April, 1858, revived on 10 September 1860. Published by T. H. Lacy in 1858.

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 === Performances in South Africa ===
-: Scenes from the play performed by [[M'Collum's Circus]] during August, as accompaniment to a performance of the "laughable extravaganza ''[[La Rendezvous]]''", along with the tableaux such as ''[[Mont au Ciel]]'' and ''[[Harlequin Statue]]'', etc.
+: Scenes from the burletta were performed by [[M'Collum's Circus]] during August, as accompaniment to a performance of the "laughable extravaganza ''[[La Rendezvous]]''", along with various [[tableaux]] (such as ''[[Mont au Ciel]]'' and ''[[Harlequin Statue]]'', etc.).
 : Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 10 January with ''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow|Dido, Queen of Carthage]]'' and ''[[A Night at Notting Hill]]'' (Yates and Harrington).

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		+	1860: Scenes from the play performed by [[M'Collum's Circus]] during August, as accompaniment to a performance of the "laughable extravaganza ''[[La Rendezvous]]''", along with the tableaux such as ''[[Mont au Ciel]]'' and ''[[Harlequin Statue]]'', etc.

	1861: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 10 January with ''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow\|Dido, Queen of Carthage]]'' and ''[[A Night at Notting Hill]]'' (Yates and Harrington).		1861: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 10 January with ''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow\|Dido, Queen of Carthage]]'' and ''[[A Night at Notting Hill]]'' (Yates and Harrington).

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 === Performances in South Africa ===
-: The show was put on in Cape Town, between October and December, by a visiting [[circus]] company called the [[Equestrian Gymnastics]]. Performed a number of times in Cape Town  and possibly elsewhere in the region. According to the advertisement in the [[South African Commercial Advertiser]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_African_Commercial_Advertiser] of 19 October 1850, it  consisted of "Grand Military Evolutions by upwards of Sixty Actors on Foot and on Horseback."
+: Performed a number of times in Cape Town  and possibly elsewhere in the region, between October and December, by a visiting [[circus]] company called the [[Equestrian Gymnastics]].  According to the advertisement in the [[South African Commercial Advertiser]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_African_Commercial_Advertiser] of 19 October 1850, it  consisted of "Grand Military Evolutions by upwards of Sixty Actors on Foot and on Horseback."
 ==''[[Fra Diavolo, or The Beauty and the Brigands]]'' by Byron==

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-[[Fra Diavolo]] is the name of a character who appears in a number of theatrical works. Often the name is included in the title of the play, or is used as the name of a play.
+[[Fra Diavolo]] (lit. "Brother Devil") is the name of a character who appears in a number of theatrical works. Often the name is included in the title of the play, or is used as the name of a play.
 The name is also found as [[Frà Diavolo]]
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 =The character [[Fra Diavolo]]=
-[[Fra Diavolo]] (lit. "Brother Devil") was the nickname given to a guerilla leader/brigand actually named  Michele Pezza (1771–1806), and depending on the source, he was either an Italian soldier turned guerilla fighter and patriot,  or he was a brigand who was made into a hero by his exploits against the French.  Pezza figures prominently in Italian and French folk lore and fiction. He appears in several works of Alexandre Dumas for example, including ''The Last Cavalier'', and Washington Irving's short story "The Inn at Terracina".
+[[Fra Diavolo]] was the nickname given to a guerilla leader/brigand actually named  Michele Pezza (1771–1806), and depending on the source, he was either an Italian soldier turned guerilla fighter and patriot,  or he was a brigand who was made into a hero by his exploits against the French.  Pezza figures prominently in Italian and French folk lore and fiction. He appears in several works of Alexandre Dumas for example, including ''The Last Cavalier'', and Washington Irving's short story "The Inn at Terracina".

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