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 == Sources ==
-[[Eastern Province Herald]], Tuesday, December 7, 1876.
+[[Eastern Province Herald]], Tuesday, December 5, 1876.
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Two_Orphans_(play)

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	A melodrama set during the French Revolution, it premiered in French on 20 January 1874 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris. Published in Paris by Tresse and Eugène Fasquelle, Éditeurs, 11, rue de Grenelle, 11, 1875.		A melodrama set during the French Revolution, it premiered in French on 20 January 1874 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris. Published in Paris by Tresse and Eugène Fasquelle, Éditeurs, 11, rue de Grenelle, 11, 1875.
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		+	The plot is simple and commonplace; Louise and Henrietta are two orphans united by the strongest bond of affection, who make their way from the country to Paris.
		+	Louise was a castaway in infancy, who had been placed in a cradle on the steps of a church, and was there discovered by the father of Henrietta, who himself had gone to the same spot to leave his own child. As he was about to desert her, however, he heard the cry of the other, and more humane feelings prevailing, he decided, instead of sacrificing the one to keep both the children and for their sakes, try anew the battle of life of which he had previously wearied.
		+	At the age of 12 or 14. (it was variously stated by the two on the stage, evidently in error.) Louise lost her eyesight, and at 16, both girls, bereft of the parents who had nurtured them as already stated, made their way to Paris, where, shortly after their arrival, and while standing in the street, Henrietta, was forcibly carried off by the Marquis de Presles, but subsequently rescued by Armand Chevalier de Vaudray.
		+	Meanwhile, Louise's helpless condition, for she is alone and friendless, has attracted the attention of La Frochard, an old widow (widower?) and professional beggar who promised to assist in reuniting the sisters, but instead made the poor girl help in her miserable calling and ill treated her on every occasion.
		+	The next phase shows Marianne, a poor, fallen widow, resolving to hand herself over to justice for some robbery in preference to continuing her life of infamy with one Jacques.
		+	Jacques strong, dishonest and lazy and Pierre, crippled, weak, and honest, are the two sons of Madame Frochard, one of whom wishes to liberate, and the other to keep for himself the poor blind girl.
		+	The third phase introduces the Count de Liniere, Minister of Police, and his wife, uncle and aunt of De Vaudray.
		+	The count arranged a marriage for his nephew, which the latter declines, and the Countess is asked to bring him to reason, when he confesses his love for Henrietta and also extracts from his aunt the confession that she had in early life, secretly married a peasant and become the mother of a child, but inexorable parents, having loftier views for their daughter, had the husband removed to the Bastille and the child cast away with no other clue to its identity than a request it might be called Louise.
		+	All this is a secret from Count de Liniere, who labours under the delusion that his wife bears him the same love he feels.
		+	These elements, having all been developed in the play, the work of reconciling then begins and is carried through.
		+	Henrietta in consequence of Armand's love, is about to be carried into exile by the all powerful Minister of Police, when Marianne steps forward as a substitute.
		+	Jacques is stabbed by Pierre when the former attempts to retain Louise, who has been discovered by her foster-sister.
		+	The Countess discovers that the blind girl and her lost child are identical, the count forgives his wife her deception and the curtain falls.

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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		+	[[Eastern Province Herald]], Tuesday, December 7, 1876.

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 : Performed as ''[[The Two Orphans]]'' (the six-act Oxenford version) in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 6, 7 and 9 November, as a farewell benefit for [[Hilda Temple]].
-December 4, 1876: Presented by Disney Roebuck's [[United Service Dramatic Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Port Elizabeth.  Starring Miss [[Balfe]] as Louise, [[Hilda Temple]] as Henrietta, Mr [[Yates]] as Jacques, Mr [[William Elton]] as Pierre, who Henry J Vickers, theatre critic for the [[Eastern Province Herald]], wrote a review which was published in the paper on December 5, 1876: "tried hard to do justice to the part, but only succeeded in mixing up Danny Mann and Uriah Heep into a somewhat ludicrous compound very different from what the authors must have intended the cripple to be, and a nasty habit of repeating himself is to be deprecated." (Vickers sued Elton. See [[William Elton]] for details of the case). Also starring Miss [[Georgina Robertson]] as the Countess, Miss [[Maggie Duggan]] as Madam Frochard, Mr [[Robertson]] as Armand de Vaudray, Mr [[Thorn]] as Count de Liniere, Mr [[Clive Hersee]] as Lefleur and Miss [[Fanny Lewis]] as Marianne.
+December 4, 1876: Presented by Disney Roebuck's [[United Service Dramatic Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Port Elizabeth.  Starring Miss [[Balfe]] as Louise, [[Hilda Temple]] as Henrietta, Mr [[Yates]] as Jacques, Mr [[William Elton]] as Pierre, who Henry J Vickers, theatre critic for the [[Eastern Province Herald]], wrote a review which was published in the paper on December 5, 1876: "tried hard to do justice to the part, but only succeeded in mixing up Danny Mann and Uriah Heep into a somewhat ludicrous compound very different from what the authors must have intended the cripple to be, and a nasty habit of repeating himself is to be deprecated." (Vickers sued Elton. See [[William Elton]] for details of the case). Also starring Miss [[Georgina Robertson]] as the Countess, Miss [[Maggie Duggan]] as Madam Frochard, Mr [[Robertson]] as Armand de Vaudray, Mr [[W H Thorn]] as Count de Liniere, Mr [[Clive Hersee]] as Lefleur and Miss [[Fanny Lewis]] as Marianne.
 : Performed as ''[[The Two Orphans]]'' (the six-act Oxenford version) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 20, 23 and 31 May, and again on 20 June (this last performance accompanied by a performance by the local dance troupe "[[The Grotesques]]").

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 : Performed as ''[[The Two Orphans]]'' (the six-act Oxenford version) in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 6, 7 and 9 November, as a farewell benefit for [[Hilda Temple]].
-December 4, 1876: Presented by Disney Roebuck's [[United Service Dramatic Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Port Elizabeth.  Starring Miss [[Balfe]] as Louise, [[Hilda Temple]] as Henrietta, Mr [[Yates]] as Jacques, Mr [[William Elton]] as Pierre, who Henry J Vickers, theatre critic for the [[Eastern Province Herald]], wrote a review which was published in the paper on December 5, 1876: "tried hard to do justice to the part, but only succeeded in mixing up Danny Mann and Uriah Heep into a somewhat ludicrous compound very different from what the authors must have intended the cripple to be, and a nasty habit of repeating himself is to be deprecated." (Vickers sued Elton. See [[William Elton]] for details of the case). Also starring Miss [[Georgina Robertson]] as the Countess, Miss [[Maggie Duggan]] as Madam Frochard, Mr [[Robertson]] as Armand de Vaudray, Mr [[Thorn]] as Count de Liniere, Mr [[Hersee]] as Lefleur and Miss [[Fanny Lewis]] as Marianne.
+December 4, 1876: Presented by Disney Roebuck's [[United Service Dramatic Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Port Elizabeth.  Starring Miss [[Balfe]] as Louise, [[Hilda Temple]] as Henrietta, Mr [[Yates]] as Jacques, Mr [[William Elton]] as Pierre, who Henry J Vickers, theatre critic for the [[Eastern Province Herald]], wrote a review which was published in the paper on December 5, 1876: "tried hard to do justice to the part, but only succeeded in mixing up Danny Mann and Uriah Heep into a somewhat ludicrous compound very different from what the authors must have intended the cripple to be, and a nasty habit of repeating himself is to be deprecated." (Vickers sued Elton. See [[William Elton]] for details of the case). Also starring Miss [[Georgina Robertson]] as the Countess, Miss [[Maggie Duggan]] as Madam Frochard, Mr [[Robertson]] as Armand de Vaudray, Mr [[Thorn]] as Count de Liniere, Mr [[Clive Hersee]] as Lefleur and Miss [[Fanny Lewis]] as Marianne.
 : Performed as ''[[The Two Orphans]]'' (the six-act Oxenford version) in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 20, 23 and 31 May, and again on 20 June (this last performance accompanied by a performance by the local dance troupe "[[The Grotesques]]").