My Pretty Maid - Revision history

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−	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess~~

	http://www.wsgilbert.co.uk/gilbert-s-plays/		http://www.wsgilbert.co.uk/gilbert-s-plays/

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	J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 95). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=Edward+Terry+My+Pretty+Maid&source=bl&ots=1QJFQW2GdO&sig=ACfU3U1OyoMgKygMMXIyG9zue0Rx0eHAWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6IDVttHsAhWFTRUIHVk2AKs4ChDoATACegQIARAC#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Terry%20My%20Pretty%20Maid&f=false]		J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 95). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=Edward+Terry+My+Pretty+Maid&source=bl&ots=1QJFQW2GdO&sig=ACfU3U1OyoMgKygMMXIyG9zue0Rx0eHAWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6IDVttHsAhWFTRUIHVk2AKs4ChDoATACegQIARAC#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Terry%20My%20Pretty%20Maid&f=false]
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hood

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−	''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' is a comedy by Basil Hood ()[].	+	''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' is a comedy by Basil Hood (1864-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hood].

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-[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=Edward+Terry+My+Pretty+Maid&source=bl&ots=1QJFQW2GdO&sig=ACfU3U1OyoMgKygMMXIyG9zue0Rx0eHAWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6IDVttHsAhWFTRUIHVk2AKs4ChDoATACegQIARAC#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Terry%20My%20Pretty%20Maid&f=false]
+J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 95). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=Edward+Terry+My+Pretty+Maid&source=bl&ots=1QJFQW2GdO&sig=ACfU3U1OyoMgKygMMXIyG9zue0Rx0eHAWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6IDVttHsAhWFTRUIHVk2AKs4ChDoATACegQIARAC#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Terry%20My%20Pretty%20Maid&f=false]
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-''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' is an [[extravaganza]] by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert].
+''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' is a comedy by Basil Hood ()[].
 ==The original text==
-The piece is wrongly ascribed to Gilbert by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works.
+The play tells of "Robert Fanshawe", a meek schoolmaster, and his daughter, who is courted by two lovers who may, or may not, help her father's school. It premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, with Terry in the role of the schoolmaster. There exists a widely held poster[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136] of Terry in this role.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ==The original text==
-Though ascribed to Gilbert by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works. If in fact by Gilbert, this was either an unpublished work, or possibly an adapted/renamed version of the [[extravaganza]] ''[[The Pretty Druidess, or The Mother, the Maid, and the Mistletoe Bough]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess], a piece was loosely based on Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 opera ''[[Norma]]'', with dialogue in rhyming couplets full of complicated word-play and dreadful puns. First performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869.
+The piece is wrongly ascribed to Gilbert by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works.
-However, there exists a widely held poster[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136] depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Fanshawe" in a piece called ''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' that premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, which suggests that this is another play altorgether.
+There exists a widely held poster[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136] depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Robert Fanshawe" when ''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=Edward+Terry+My+Pretty+Maid&source=bl&ots=1QJFQW2GdO&sig=ACfU3U1OyoMgKygMMXIyG9zue0Rx0eHAWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6IDVttHsAhWFTRUIHVk2AKs4ChDoATACegQIARAC#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Terry%20My%20Pretty%20Maid&f=false]

	https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136		https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136

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 ==The original text==
-Though ascri8bed to Gilbert by Bosman (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works. If in fact by Gilbert, this was either an unpublished work, or possibly an adapted/renamed version of the [[extravaganza]] ''[[The Pretty Druidess, or The Mother, the Maid, and the Mistletoe Bough]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess], a piece was loosely based on Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 opera ''[[Norma]]'', with dialogue in rhyming couplets full of complicated word-play and dreadful puns. First performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869.
+Though ascribed to Gilbert by Bosman (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works. If in fact by Gilbert, this was either an unpublished work, or possibly an adapted/renamed version of the [[extravaganza]] ''[[The Pretty Druidess, or The Mother, the Maid, and the Mistletoe Bough]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess], a piece was loosely based on Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 opera ''[[Norma]]'', with dialogue in rhyming couplets full of complicated word-play and dreadful puns. First performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869.
-Based on a widely held poster depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Fanshawe" in a piece called ''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' when it premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, .
+However, there exists a widely held poster depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Fanshawe" in a piece called ''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' that premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, which suggests that this is another play altorgether.
 ==Translations and adaptations==