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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead) by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, with [[James Leffler]] as "Don Philip", [[Mrs Bland]] as "Isabel", [[Mrs Parry]] as "Giralda" and [[T. Brazier]] as "Don Manuel". Also performed were a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[Leffler]] and ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' (Buckstone). The piece apparently caused some consternation and resistance among Cape Town citizens because of its perceived "licentiousness", in the text and the vulgarity of the performances.
+: Performed as ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead) by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, with [[James Leffler]] as "Don Philip", [[Mrs Bland]] as "Isabel", [[Mrs Parry]] as "Giralda" and [[Thomas Brazier]] as "Don Manuel". Also performed were a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[Leffler]] and ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' (Buckstone). The piece apparently caused some consternation and resistance among Cape Town citizens because of its perceived "licentiousness", in the text and the vulgarity of the performances.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead) by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, with Leffler as "Don Philip", [[Mrs Bland]] as "Isabel", [[Mrs Parry]] as "Giralda" and [[Brazier]] as "Don Manuel". Also performed were a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[Leffler]] and ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' (Buckstone). The piece apparently caused some consternation and resistance among Cape Town citizens because of its perceived "licentiousness", in the text and the vulgarity of the performances.
+: Performed as ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead) by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, with [[James Leffler]] as "Don Philip", [[Mrs Bland]] as "Isabel", [[Mrs Parry]] as "Giralda" and [[T. Brazier]] as "Don Manuel". Also performed were a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[Leffler]] and ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' (Buckstone). The piece apparently caused some consternation and resistance among Cape Town citizens because of its perceived "licentiousness", in the text and the vulgarity of the performances.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead) by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, with a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[Leffler]] and ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' (Buckstone). The piece apparently caused some consternation and resistance among Cape Town citizens because of its perceived "licentiousness", in the text and the vulgarity of the performances.
+: Performed as ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'' (ascribed to Welstead) by the [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 18 May, with Leffler as "Don Philip", [[Mrs Bland]] as "Isabel", [[Mrs Parry]] as "Giralda" and [[Brazier]] as "Don Manuel". Also performed were a dance (Pas de Matlots) by [[Miss Powell]], a popular ballad sung by [[Leffler]] and ''[[Mischiefmaking]]'' (Buckstone). The piece apparently caused some consternation and resistance among Cape Town citizens because of its perceived "licentiousness", in the text and the vulgarity of the performances.
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	''[[Giralda, ou La Nouvelle Psyché]]'' ("Giralda, or the new Psyche") is an opéra comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe], with music by Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam].		''[[Giralda, ou La Nouvelle Psyché]]'' ("Giralda, or the new Psyche") is an opéra comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe], with music by Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam].
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		+	Sometimes referred to simply as '''''[[Giralda]]'''''

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 As ''[[Giralda, or Which Is My Husband?]]''  a comic drama in three acts by Mrs. F.A. Davidson (fl 1850s), and - for good measure - produced at the Theatres Royal in London (apparently including ''both'' the Haymarket and the  Olympic) in 1850. Originally published by Cumberland, then re-issued by G.H. Davidson in the same year.
-Some sources claim that a version (under two titles it appears, ''[[Giralda,  or The Invisible Husband]]'' and  ''[[Giralda, or the Miller's Wife]]'') was done by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault].  Nicoll suggests that Webster and Boucicault may have been co-authors on the latter text, which was later revised as ''[[A Dark Night's Work]]'', when performed at the Princess's Theatre, London on 7 March, 1870.
+Some sources claim that a version (under two titles it appears, ''[[Giralda,  or The Invisible Husband]]'' and  ''[[Giralda, or the Miller's Wife]]'') was done by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault].  Nicoll (1975) suggests that Webster and Boucicault may have been co-authors on the latter text, which was later revised as ''[[A Dark Night's Work]]'', when performed at the Princess's Theatre, London on 7 March, 1870.
 Translated into German as ''[[Giralda, oder Die neue Psyche]]'' by W. Friedrich (ca. 1820-1879)[].

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 In what seems a somewhat confusing fashion, it was apparently simultaniously presented in English in London in at least three versions:
-As ''[[Giralda,  or The Invisible Husband]]'', adapted as a comic drama in three acts, by Henry Welstead (fl. 1850s) and first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, on Thursday, September 12, 1850. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1850. (Some sources claim that this version is by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault]. (This was later revised as ''[[A Dark Night's Work]]'', performed at the Princess's Theatre, London on 7 March, 1870).
+As ''[[Giralda,  or The Invisible Husband]]'', adapted as a comic drama in three acts, by Henry Welstead (fl. 1850s) and first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, on Thursday, September 12, 1850. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1850.
-As  ''[[Giralda, or the Miller's Wife]]'' adapted by Benjamin Webster (1797-1882)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Nottingham_Webster] and performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1850. (Some sources claim that this version is by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault] - Nicoll suggesting they may have been co-authors. (This was later revised as ''[[A Dark Night's Work]]'', performed at the Princess's Theatre, London on 7 March, 1870).
+As  ''[[Giralda, or the Miller's Wife]]'' adapted by Benjamin Webster (1797-1882)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Nottingham_Webster] and performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1850.
 As ''[[Giralda, or Which Is My Husband?]]''  a comic drama in three acts by Mrs. F.A. Davidson (fl 1850s), and - for good measure - produced at the Theatres Royal in London (apparently including ''both'' the Haymarket and the  Olympic) in 1850. Originally published by Cumberland, then re-issued by G.H. Davidson in the same year.
 Translated into German as ''[[Giralda, oder Die neue Psyche]]'' by W. Friedrich (ca. 1820-1879)[].

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	Facsimile version of the Webster text (1856 edition), [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112075804820&view=1up&seq=5]		Facsimile version of the Webster text (1856 edition), [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112075804820&view=1up&seq=5]
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		+	Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.267[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=A+Dark+Night%27s+Work+by+Dion+Boucicault&source=bl&ots=j0e5qrL2st&sig=ACfU3U3FTyOFlDdOkxLd5fxG5dXQewoKdA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFo5jA28jnAhVJzBoKHTHsATUQ6AEwBHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=A%20Dark%20Night's%20Work%20by%20Dion%20Boucicault&f=false]

	[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)		[[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)