Returned Volunteer - Revision history

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#Redirect[[The Returned Volunteer]]

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-''[[Returned Volunteer]]'' is a Christy's style sketch
+''[[Returned Volunteer]]'' is a [[Christy's]] style sketch  by an unknown author.
 Also found are the titles ''[[The Returned Volunteer]]'' and ''[[The Returned Volunteer from Abessynia]], probably the same work.
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 ==The original text==
-A number of American performances of an Ethiopian sketch called ''[[Returned Volunteer]]'' are recorded by Mahar (1999: p. 159)They are listed for 22 May and 28 December, 1849 by the Virginia Serenaders; 9 December 1851 and 22 August 1853 by Wood's Minstrels.
+A number of American performances of an [[Ethiopian sketch]] called ''[[Returned Volunteer]]'' are recorded by Mahar (1999: p. 159)They are listed for 22 May and 28 December, 1849 by the Virginia Serenaders; 9 December 1851 and 22 August 1853 by Wood's Minstrels.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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−	~~#Redirect~~[[The Returned Volunteer]]	+	''[[Returned Volunteer]]'' is a Christy's style sketch
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		+	Also found are the titles ''[[The Returned Volunteer]]'' and ''[[The Returned Volunteer from Abessynia]], probably the same work.
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		+	==The original text==
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		+	A number of American performances of an Ethiopian sketch called ''[[Returned Volunteer]]'' are recorded by Mahar (1999: p. 159)They are listed for 22 May and 28 December, 1849 by the Virginia Serenaders; 9 December 1851 and 22 August 1853 by Wood's Minstrels.
		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	Circa 1868-1869 the [[Young Men’s Institute Amateur Christy’s]] of Cape Town performed a number of [[minstrelsy]] shows and so-called [[Ethiopian burlesque]]s or [[Negro farces]], that included a piece called ''[[The Returned Volunteer from Abessynia]]''.
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		+	== Sources ==
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		+	W.J. Mahar. 1999. ''Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and Antebellum American Popular Culture''. Volume 442 of ''Music in American life''. University of Illinois Press, 1999: p. 159.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=orsJVN4dhLsC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=The+Returned+Volunteer+Ethiopian+sketch&source=bl&ots=i5d_l9HAdN&sig=ATlCOTlK5McIDf7fR86dYD3tRZk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOktuql9rdAhVFKsAKHbe5AQIQ6AEwBHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Returned%20Volunteer%20Ethiopian%20sketch&f=false]
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]].
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