La Fille du Régiment - Revision history

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Sources

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Satj: /* Josephine, the Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War by Buckstone (1856) */

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Josephine, the Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War by Buckstone (1856)

Satj: /* The Daughter of the Regiment by Fitzball (1844) */

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The Daughter of the Regiment by Fitzball (1844)

Satj: /* Performance history in South Africa */

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Performance history in South Africa

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Satj: /* The original opera */

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The original opera

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti
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		+	[[Hilde Roos]]. 2010. 'Opera Production in the Western Cape: Strategies in Search of Indigenisation'. Unpublished PhD thesis. [[Stellenbosch University]].

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	=== Performance history in South Africa ===		=== Performance history in South Africa ===
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		+	1881: Produced by [[Charles Lascelles]] with the [[Philharmonic Society]] at the [[Trafalgar Theatre]] in May.

	= Adaptations =		= Adaptations =

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 ''[[Josephine, the Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War]]'' is a musical comedy, in two acts, by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone]
-Also found with the titles '''''[[Josephine, the Child of the Regiment]]''''' ; '''''[[The Child of the Regiment]]''''' and  '''''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'''''.
+Also found with the titles '''''[[Josephine, the Child of the Regiment]]''''' ; '''''[[The Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War]]'''''; '''''[[The Child of the Regiment]]''''' and  '''''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'''''.
 ===The original text===

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 ==''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' by Fitzball (1844)==
-''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' is  a drama in two acts by Edward Fitzball  (1792-1873)[].
+''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' is  a musical comedy in two acts by Edward Fitzball  (1792-1873)[].
 Based on ''[[La Fille du Régiment]]'' (1840), Fitzball's play, using Donizetti's music, was first performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, in May 28th 1844.  Published by J. Dicks in the series Dicks' standard plays (no. 761) in 1883(?)

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 : A "musical comedietta" called ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' was performed on 23 June, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, with the ''[[The Day after the Wedding]]'' (Kemble) and "the new South African burlesque" ''[[Princess Pocahontas]]'' (Anon).
-: Performed again as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' 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  the two act drama ''[[Ben Bolt]]'' (Johnstone).
+: Performed again as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' 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  the two act drama ''[[Ben Bolt]]'' (Johnstone).
 : Performed again as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 9 September, with a dance by [[Miss Duggan]] and ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips).

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 Composed by Donizetti, with a French libretto was by Jules Henry Vernoy de Saint-Georges and ‎Jean François Alfred Bayard, the work was first performed in French on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse).
-= Translations and adaptations =
+===Translations===
 The original French libretto was translated into ''[[La Figlia del Reggimento]]'' in the Italian version and ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' in English version, performed in London as a full opera on 21 December 1847.
 Four English stage adaptations from the 19th century also appear to have been based on the opera. See the entries below:

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 =The original opera=
-''[[La fille du régiment]]'', the  1840 opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti].==The original text==
+''[[La fille du régiment]]'', the  1840 opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti].
 Composed by Donizetti, with a French libretto was by Jules Henry Vernoy de Saint-Georges and ‎Jean François Alfred Bayard, the work was first performed in French on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse).

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 : Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 16th June, with ''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]'' (Selby ). Tellet (or the Cape press at the time) refers to the author as "E. Sterling". The cast included  [[Clara Tellett|Tellett]] herself, [[James Leffler]], [[T. Brazier]], [[Mr Raymond]] and [[Mrs Arlington]]
-: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 23rd June, with ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' ("A Gentleman of Cape Town").
+: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 23rd June, with ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' ("[[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]").
 : A "musical comedietta" called ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' was performed on 23 June, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, and repeated twice in the same season (on the 26th June and 9th September). As no author is given for these  first performances of the play by [[Disney Roebuck|Roebuck]], the text in question could really have been any one of the three English stage plays from the 19th century based on the opera. [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p.509) confuses the matter further by suggesting that it was the text by Fitzball, but at the same time referring the reader to the Stirling text called ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]''. In his later productions from 1878, however, Roebuck did credit Fitzball and Donizetti specifically - which seems to suggest that he used Fitzball's version of the French comic opera for all his productions, rather than Stirling's. '''(For details of the Roebuck productions of Fitzball's play, go to the entry on ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment (Fitzball)]]''.)'''

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	[[Disney Roebuck]] did his first performances of a comic opera he called ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' in 1875, with another performance in 1878. No author is given for the first performances of of 1875, so the text in question could really have been any one of the three English stage plays from the 19th century based on the opera. [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1980, p.509) confuses the matter somewhat by suggesting that it was the text by Fitzball, but at the same time he refers the reader to the Stirling text called ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]''. In his later productions from 1878, however, Roebuck did credit Fitzball and Donizetti specifically - which seems to suggest that he probably used Fitzball's version of the French comic opera for all his productions. ''(However, in view of the confusion, the 1875 performances are '''also''' mentioned in the entry on Stirling's text.)''		[[Disney Roebuck]] did his first performances of a comic opera he called ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' in 1875, with another performance in 1878. No author is given for the first performances of of 1875, so the text in question could really have been any one of the three English stage plays from the 19th century based on the opera. [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1980, p.509) confuses the matter somewhat by suggesting that it was the text by Fitzball, but at the same time he refers the reader to the Stirling text called ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]''. In his later productions from 1878, however, Roebuck did credit Fitzball and Donizetti specifically - which seems to suggest that he probably used Fitzball's version of the French comic opera for all his productions. ''(However, in view of the confusion, the 1875 performances are '''also''' mentioned in the entry on Stirling's text.)''

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	[[Disney Roebuck]] did his first performances of a comic opera he called ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' in 1875, with another performance in 1878. No author is given for the first performances of of 1875, so the text in question could really have been any one of the three English stage plays from the 19th century based on the opera. [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1980, p.509) confuses the matter somewhat by suggesting that it was the text by Fitzball, but at the same time he refers the reader to the Stirling text called ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]''. In his later productions from 1878, however, Roebuck did credit Fitzball and Donizetti specifically - which seems to suggest that he probably used Fitzball's version of the French comic opera for all his productions. ''(However, in view of the confusion, the 1875 performances are '''also''' mentioned in the entry on Stirling's text.)''		[[Disney Roebuck]] did his first performances of a comic opera he called ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' in 1875, with another performance in 1878. No author is given for the first performances of of 1875, so the text in question could really have been any one of the three English stage plays from the 19th century based on the opera. [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1980, p.509) confuses the matter somewhat by suggesting that it was the text by Fitzball, but at the same time he refers the reader to the Stirling text called ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]''. In his later productions from 1878, however, Roebuck did credit Fitzball and Donizetti specifically - which seems to suggest that he probably used Fitzball's version of the French comic opera for all his productions. ''(However, in view of the confusion, the 1875 performances are '''also''' mentioned in the entry on Stirling's text.)''