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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' by [[J.E.H. English]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 21 September, with [[J.E.H. English]], [[Mr Beverly]], [[Mr Walter]], [[Mr Dell]], [[Mr Dillon]], [[Mr Welson]], [[Mr Harton]], [[Mr Seaton]], [[Mr Rennox]], [[Mr Loeber]], [[Mr Morly]], [[Mrs Delmaine]], [[Miss Delmaine]] and [[Miss Belmont]]. Remarkably, the role of "Griffo" was billed as being played by "A Domestic". The evening also included a "comic scene in one act" called ''[[A Conjugal Lesson]]'' (Danvers).
+: Performed as ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' by [[J.E.H. English]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 21 September, with [[J.E.H. English]], [[Mr Beverley]], [[Mr Walter]], [[Mr Dell]], [[Mr Dillon]], [[Mr Welson]], [[Mr Harton]], [[Mr Seaton]], [[Mr Rennox]], [[Mr Loeber]], [[Mr Morly]], [[Mrs Delmaine]], [[Miss Delmaine]] and [[Miss Belmont]]. Remarkably, the role of "Griffo" was billed as being played by "A Domestic". The evening also included a "comic scene in one act" called ''[[A Conjugal Lesson]]'' (Danvers).
 : ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' repeated by [[J.E.H. English]] and his company on 1 October, this time with ''[[Othello]]'' (Shakespeare).

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 Translated and adapted into English as '''''[[The Corsican Brothers]]''''' by Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault].  Boucicault's version was written for the actor-manager Charles Kean and it was first performed at the Princess's Theatre on 24 February 1852, directed by Kean, who also played both of the brothers. It went on to become a hugely popular melodrama, much performed in the late 19th century.
 The original French work has also been translated directly by a number of other playwrights, including Frank J. Morlock.
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 :  Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 12 October, with ''[[Nemesis, or Not Wisely but Too Well]]'' (Farnie).
-: ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 8 September, with ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips).
+: ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 8 September (apparently a two-act version), with ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips).
 Performed as ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' (credited to Dumas/Boucicault) at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the [[Leonard Rayne]] company, with Rayne and [[Joseph Ashman]] playing the two brothers.

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	1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 12 October, with ''[[Nemesis, or Not Wisely but Too Well]]'' (Farnie).		1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 12 October, with ''[[Nemesis, or Not Wisely but Too Well]]'' (Farnie).
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		+	1877: ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 8 September, with ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips).
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	1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 26 September, with ''[[Little Don Giovanni]]'' (Byron).		1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 26 September, with ''[[Little Don Giovanni]]'' (Byron).
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		+	1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 12 October, with ''[[Nemesis, or Not Wisely but Too Well]]'' (Farnie).

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	1875: Acts 1 and 3 of ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).		1875: Acts 1 and 3 of ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).

−	1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 26 September, with ''[[Little Don Giovanni]]'' ().	+	1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 26 September, with ''[[Little Don Giovanni]]'' (Byron).

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	1875: Acts 1 and 3 of ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).		1875: Acts 1 and 3 of ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).
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		+	1876: Performed in the [[Athenaeum Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 26 September, with ''[[Little Don Giovanni]]'' ().
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	1861: Advertised as a play "to be performed" by [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Cape Argus]] of 1 June, but no record of such a performance by Parry has been found yet.		1861: Advertised as a play "to be performed" by [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Cape Argus]] of 1 June, but no record of such a performance by Parry has been found yet.

−	1875: ~~Performed as~~ ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).	+	1875: Acts 1 and 3 of ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).

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	1860: Performed as ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' on the Eastern Cape border by the [[Band Amateurs]] of the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] on July 9 and 16, with a cast consisting of [[W. Dansie]] (Twin brothers), [[J. C. Wools]] (M. de Chaserd Rensud), [[M. Rafferty]] (M. Alfred Meynard), [[T. Brooker]] (Le Baron de Montgiron), [[J. Mann]] (Gaetano Orlando), [[T. Brooker]] (Marie Colonna), [[T. Patterson]] (Grifio), [[W. Allen]] (Boissee, a Wood cutter), [[T. Patterson]] (A Surgeon), [[J. F. Gay]] (Madame Sevillia dei Franchi), [[J. Grennan]] (Emilie de Lasparre), [[J. Durney]] (Marie, a domestic), [[A. Vogado]] (Estelle, lady of the ballet), [[W. Foster]] (Celestine, lady of the ballet). ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]'' (Mayhew) was played as the afterpiece, and the evening included [[W. Allen]] on the violin ("in seven different positions") after which [[J. M. M'Kechnie]] sang a comic song, "Solomon Lob".		1860: Performed as ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' on the Eastern Cape border by the [[Band Amateurs]] of the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] on July 9 and 16, with a cast consisting of [[W. Dansie]] (Twin brothers), [[J. C. Wools]] (M. de Chaserd Rensud), [[M. Rafferty]] (M. Alfred Meynard), [[T. Brooker]] (Le Baron de Montgiron), [[J. Mann]] (Gaetano Orlando), [[T. Brooker]] (Marie Colonna), [[T. Patterson]] (Grifio), [[W. Allen]] (Boissee, a Wood cutter), [[T. Patterson]] (A Surgeon), [[J. F. Gay]] (Madame Sevillia dei Franchi), [[J. Grennan]] (Emilie de Lasparre), [[J. Durney]] (Marie, a domestic), [[A. Vogado]] (Estelle, lady of the ballet), [[W. Foster]] (Celestine, lady of the ballet). ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]'' (Mayhew) was played as the afterpiece, and the evening included [[W. Allen]] on the violin ("in seven different positions") after which [[J. M. M'Kechnie]] sang a comic song, "Solomon Lob".

		+	1861: Advertised as a play "to be performed" by [[Sefton Parry]] in the [[Cape Argus]] of 1 June, but no record of such a performance by Parry has been found yet.

	1875: Performed as ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).		1875: Performed as ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 19 June, with ''[[The Happy Pair]]'' (Smith) and ''[[Boots at the Swan]]'' (Selby).

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 [[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]], pp. 105, 121-2, 324, 342-7, 360, 406, 425.
 ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 1. January 1, 1860.