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''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' is a one act play said to be by "[[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]".

==The original text==

Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though it may possibly have been inspired by Taylor's play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least the title of the play).

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1862: performed by [[Mrs Tellett]] and her company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 23 June, 1862, as an afterpiece to ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).

== Sources ==

[[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.)

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce,  ''[[A Young Man in a Hurry]]'', in 1858.
-The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858  play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least by the title of that play).
+The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular three act play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (1858) or at least by the title of that play, unless it was a [[burlesque]] version of Taylor's work.
 No text of the play seems to have been published.

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	The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858 play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least by the title of that play).		The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858 play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least by the title of that play).
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		+	No text of the play seems to have been published.

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

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−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.131	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.131, 180

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

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 ==The original text==
-Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same person who had written the one act play in 1858,
+Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce,  ''[[A Young Man in a Hurry]]'', in 1858.
 The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858  play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least by the title of that play).

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 ==The original text==
-Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same person who had written the one act play in 1858,
+Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same person who had written the one act play in 1858,
 The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858  play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least by the title of that play).

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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.203-205
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.131
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==The original text==
-Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly have been inspired by Taylor's play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least the title of the play).
+Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly have been inspired by Taylor's popular 1858  play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (or at least the title of that  play).
 ==Translations and adaptations==