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−	''[[Rob Roy MacGregor]]'' is an opera (or sometimes called a [[melodrama]]) credited in some sources (e.g. Burwick[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NRTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=rob+roy+on+stage&source=bl&ots=jlsURSbGYs&sig=jbm-NL887Hrh_yeYuY4zuc_bmCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7c09VdsFytnsBuS5gfAF&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=rob%20roy%20on%20stage&f=falsepp120-124]) by William Henry Murray[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray], written in association with Walter Scott.
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−	~~==The original text==~~
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−	Ostensibly adapted from the novel ''[[Rob Roy]]'' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, by Murray and Scott, with whom he had collaborated before, According to some sources it was first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh. It is mentioned again as a play "adapted and produced by Murray" in 1822 during, the King's last and least formal public appearance during his visit to Edinburgh.
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−	However there does not seem to be an extant text for the play (or plays) mentioned, and other sources suggest that the work in question may actually have been ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Lang Syne]]'', the well-known and successful London play by Pocock and Davy, which opened in Edinburgh on 15 February, 1819, '''produced''' by Murray in his capacity as theatre and company manager of the Theatre Royal by the North Bridge in the city. He also played "Captain Thornton" in the production.
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−	For example, the entry on Murray by John Joseph Knight in the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', 1885-1900, Volume 39:p.415[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murray,_William_Henry_(DNB00)] states that "''..15 Feb. 1819, when 'Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Langsyne,' was produced, and proved the greatest and most enduring success probably ever known in Scotland. Murray was Captain Thornton.''" ... and that Murray "''..wrote many dramas intended to serve a temporary purpose, and without literary aim. 'Diamond cut Diamond,' an interlude, from 'How to die for Love,' a translation from Kotzebue ; 'Cramond Brig,' assigned by error to Lockhart, and depreciated by Scott ; 'Mary Stuart,' 'Gilderoy,' and a burlesque of 'Romeo and Juliet,' were among his successes.''"
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
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−	A play called ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell]]'', said to be based on Scott's novel, was performed a number of times in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the amateur company [[English Theatricals]] in the years 1823-24 (it is later simply referred to a ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the sources). It ''may'' have been the suggested version by Murray, though it is most likely the widely known and published musical version by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock], with music by John Davy (1763-1824)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Davy,_John_(1763-1824)_(DNB00)].
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−	~~'''For performances in South Africa, see ''[[Rob Roy]]'''''~~
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	Facsimile version of the London published text of 1818, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V1hIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR4&dq=rob+roy+Pocock&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i849VaDaNdCu7Aa43ICACg&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=rob%20roy%20Pocock&f=false]
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−	~~Facsimile version of the New York published text of 1818, Google eBook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=0BZgAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]~~
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−	Frederick Burwick. ''Playing to the Crowd: London Popular Theatre, 1780-1830'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 08 Nov 2011 )[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NRTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=rob+roy+on+stage&source=bl&ots=jlsURSbGYs&sig=jbm-NL887Hrh_yeYuY4zuc_bmCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7c09VdsFytnsBuS5gfAF&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=rob%20roy%20on%20stage&f=falsepp120-124]
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−	~~https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murray,_William_Henry_(DNB00)~~
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−	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray~~
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−	~~[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 73-77, 142, 197-9.~~
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−	~~[[Jill Fletcher\|Fletcher]], 1994 p. 40~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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	''[[Rob Roy MacGregor]]'' is an opera (or sometimes called a [[melodrama]]) credited in some sources (e.g. Burwick[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NRTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=rob+roy+on+stage&source=bl&ots=jlsURSbGYs&sig=jbm-NL887Hrh_yeYuY4zuc_bmCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7c09VdsFytnsBuS5gfAF&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=rob%20roy%20on%20stage&f=falsepp120-124]) by William Henry Murray[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray], written in association with Walter Scott.		''[[Rob Roy MacGregor]]'' is an opera (or sometimes called a [[melodrama]]) credited in some sources (e.g. Burwick[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NRTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=rob+roy+on+stage&source=bl&ots=jlsURSbGYs&sig=jbm-NL887Hrh_yeYuY4zuc_bmCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7c09VdsFytnsBuS5gfAF&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=rob%20roy%20on%20stage&f=falsepp120-124]) by William Henry Murray[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray], written in association with Walter Scott.

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 73-77, 142, 198.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855''. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.  73-77, 142, 197-9.
 [[Jill Fletcher|Fletcher]], 1994 p. 40

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 ==The original text==
-Ostensibly adapted from the novel ''[[Rob Roy]]'' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, by Murray and Scott, with whom he had collaborated before, According to some sources it was first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh.
+Ostensibly adapted from the novel ''[[Rob Roy]]'' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, by Murray and Scott, with whom he had collaborated before, According to some sources it was first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh. It is mentioned again as a play "adapted and produced by Murray" in 1822 during, the King's last and least formal public appearance during his visit to Edinburgh.
-However there does not seem to be an extant text for the play, and other sources suggest that the work in question may actually have been ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Lang Syne]]'', the well-known and successful London play by Pocock and Davy, which opened in Edinburgh on 15 February, 1819, '''produced''' by Murray in his capacity as theatre and company manager of the Theatre Royal by the North Bridge in the city. He also played "Captain Thornton" in the production.
+However there does not seem to be an extant text for the play (or plays) mentioned, and other sources suggest that the work in question may actually have been ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Lang Syne]]'', the well-known and successful London play by Pocock and Davy, which opened in Edinburgh on 15 February, 1819, '''produced''' by Murray in his capacity as theatre and company manager of the Theatre Royal by the North Bridge in the city. He also played "Captain Thornton" in the production.
 For example, the entry on Murray by  John Joseph Knight in the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', 1885-1900, Volume 39:p.415[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murray,_William_Henry_(DNB00)] states that "''..15 Feb. 1819, when 'Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Langsyne,' was produced, and proved the greatest and most enduring success probably ever known in Scotland. Murray was Captain Thornton.''" ... and that Murray  "''..wrote many dramas intended to serve a temporary purpose, and without literary aim. 'Diamond cut Diamond,' an interlude, from 'How to die for Love,' a translation from Kotzebue ; 'Cramond Brig,' assigned by error to Lockhart, and depreciated by Scott ; 'Mary Stuart,' 'Gilderoy,' and a burlesque of 'Romeo and Juliet,' were among his successes.''"

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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 73-77, 142, 198.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928: pp. 73-77, 142, 198.

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 Ostensibly adapted from the novel ''[[Rob Roy]]'' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, by Murray and Scott, with whom he had collaborated before, According to some sources it was first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh.
-However there does not seem to be an extant text for the play, and other sources suggest that the work in question may actually have been ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Langsyne]]'', the well-known and successful London play by Pocock and Davy, which opened in Edinburgh on 15 February, 1819, '''produced''' by Murray in his capacity as theatre and company manager.
+However there does not seem to be an extant text for the play, and other sources suggest that the work in question may actually have been ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Lang Syne]]'', the well-known and successful London play by Pocock and Davy, which opened in Edinburgh on 15 February, 1819, '''produced''' by Murray in his capacity as theatre and company manager.
 For example, the entry on Murray by  John Joseph Knight in the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', 1885-1900, Volume 39:p.415[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murray,_William_Henry_(DNB00)] states that "''..15 Feb. 1819, when 'Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Langsyne,' was produced, and proved the greatest and most enduring success probably ever known in Scotland. Murray was Captain Thornton.''" ... and that Murray  "''..wrote many dramas intended to serve a temporary purpose, and without literary aim. 'Diamond cut Diamond,' an interlude, from 'How to die for Love,' a translation from Kotzebue ; 'Cramond Brig,' assigned by error to Lockhart, and depreciated by Scott ; 'Mary Stuart,' 'Gilderoy,' and a burlesque of 'Romeo and Juliet,' were among his successes.''"

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-''[[Rob Roy MacGregor]]'' is credited in some sources (e.g. Burwick[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NRTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=rob+roy+on+stage&source=bl&ots=jlsURSbGYs&sig=jbm-NL887Hrh_yeYuY4zuc_bmCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7c09VdsFytnsBuS5gfAF&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=rob%20roy%20on%20stage&f=falsepp120-124]) as an opera (or sometimes called a [[melodrama]]) by William Henry Murray[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray], written in association with Walter Scott.  However other sources suggest that this may have been a play by Pocock and Davy, which Murray produced and performed in.
+''[[Rob Roy MacGregor]]'' is an opera (or sometimes called a [[melodrama]]) credited in some sources (e.g. Burwick[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=NRTGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=rob+roy+on+stage&source=bl&ots=jlsURSbGYs&sig=jbm-NL887Hrh_yeYuY4zuc_bmCw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7c09VdsFytnsBuS5gfAF&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=rob%20roy%20on%20stage&f=falsepp120-124]) by William Henry Murray[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Murray], written in association with Walter Scott.
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 ==The original text==
-Ostensibly adapted from the novel ''[[Rob Roy]]'' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, by Murray and Scott, and first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh.
+Ostensibly adapted from the novel ''[[Rob Roy]]'' (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, by Murray and Scott, with whom he had collaborated before, According to some sources it was first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh.
-However, the entry on Murray by  John Joseph Knight in the ''Dictionary of National Biography'', 1885-1900, Volume 39:p.415[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Murray,_William_Henry_(DNB00)] states that "''..15 Feb. 1819, when 'Rob Roy MacGregor, or Auld Langsyne,' was produced, and proved the greatest and most enduring success probably ever known in Scotland. Murray was Captain Thornton.''" ... and that Murray  "''..wrote many dramas intended to serve a temporary purpose, and without literary aim. 'Diamond cut Diamond,' an interlude, from 'How to die for Love,' a translation from Kotzebue ; 'Cramond Brig,' assigned by error to Lockhart, and depreciated by Scott ; 'Mary Stuart,' 'Gilderoy,' and a burlesque of 'Romeo and Juliet,' were among his successes.''"
+However other sources suggest that the work in question may have been the well-known play by Pocock and Davy, which opened in Edinburgh on 15 February, 1819, produced by Murray in his capacity as theatre manager.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-A play called ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell]]'', said to be based on Scott's novel, was performed a number of times in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the amateur company [[English Theatricals]] in the years 1823-24 (it is later simply referred to a ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the sources). It may have been this version by Murray, though it is much more likely to have been the widely known and published musical version by  Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock], with music by John Davy (1763-1824)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Davy,_John_(1763-1824)_(DNB00)].
+A play called ''[[Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell]]'', said to be based on Scott's novel, was performed a number of times in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by the amateur company [[English Theatricals]] in the years 1823-24 (it is later simply referred to a ''[[Rob Roy]]'' in the sources). It ''may'' have been the suggested version by Murray, though it is most likely the widely known and published musical version by  Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock], with music by John Davy (1763-1824)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Davy,_John_(1763-1824)_(DNB00)].
 '''For performances in South Africa, see ''[[Rob Roy]]'''''