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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p.231) the play was performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone). (Given the matter of the three acts mentioned, this may in fact not have been Townsend's play, but a  play called ''[[Temptation]]'' written by WR Waldron and performed by him in 1855. - See the entry on ''[[Temptation]]'')
+: According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p.231) the play was performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone). (Given the matter of the three acts mentioned, this may in fact ''not'' have been Townsend's play, but a  play called ''[[Temptation]]'' written by WR Waldron and performed by him in 1855. - See the entry on ''[[Temptation]]'')
 : Performed again as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 24 July, with songs and dances, and an unnamed farce.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone). (This may however have been another  play called ''[[Temptation]]'' - written by WR Waldron and performed by him in 1855 - as mentioned by Thomas Recchio, 2020 - rather than Townsend's piece.)
+: According to F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p.231) the play was performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone). (Given the matter of the three acts mentioned, this may in fact not have been Townsend's play, but a  play called ''[[Temptation]]'' written by WR Waldron and performed by him in 1855. - See the entry on ''[[Temptation]]'')
 : Performed again as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 24 July, with songs and dances, and an unnamed farce.

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	1862: Performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone). (This may however have been another play called ''[[Temptation]]'' - written by WR Waldron and performed by him in 1855 - as mentioned by Thomas Recchio, 2020 - rather than Townsend's piece.)		1862: Performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone). (This may however have been another play called ''[[Temptation]]'' - written by WR Waldron and performed by him in 1855 - as mentioned by Thomas Recchio, 2020 - rather than Townsend's piece.)
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	1862: Performed again as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 24 July, with songs and dances, and an unnamed farce.		1862: Performed again as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 24 July, with songs and dances, and an unnamed farce.

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	[[The Victorian Plays Project]], Electronic Catalogue - Volume 52[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=122]		[[The Victorian Plays Project]], Electronic Catalogue - Volume 52[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=122]
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		+	Thomas Recchio. 2020. "Embodied Scholarship:
		+	A Performance History
		+	of William Richard
		+	Waldron’s Lizzie Leigh;
		+	or, The Murder Near
		+	the Old Mill (1863)", ''Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film''
		+	2020, Vol. 47(1) 43–67[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1748372719853234]
		+

	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 131, 134, 136, 269, 362-3.		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 131, 134, 136, 269, 362-3.

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 ''[[Temptation, or The Fatal Brand]]'' is a drama in two act by W. Thompson Townsend (1806?-1870)[].
-Also found as ''[[The Temptation]]'' or simply ''[[Temptation]]''.
+Also referred to as ''[[The Temptation]]'' or simply ''[[Temptation]]''.
 ([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980, suggests that another  alternative title - one used by [[Disney Roebuck]] - may have been ''[[Temptation, or The Moral Brand]]''. However, this clearly sounds wrong: surely the alternative for "fatal" would have been "mortal", not "moral", and the title would thus have been ''[[Temptation, or The Mortal Brand]]''. However no play by this title has yet been found in the sources.)
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone).
+: Performed as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 3 July, and billed as a "new three act drama". Also performed were a dance by ''[[Mrs Brazier]]'' and ''[[The Maid with the Milking Pail]]'' (Buckstone). (This may however have been another  play called ''[[Temptation]]'' - written by WR Waldron and performed by him in 1855 - as mentioned by Thomas Recchio, 2020 - rather than Townsend's piece.)
 : Performed again as ''[[Temptation]]'' by [[Clara Tellett]] and her company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 24 July, with songs and dances, and an unnamed farce.

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	However, there is also a play called ''[[Temptation]]'' by W.R. Waldron		However, there is also a play called ''[[Temptation]]'' by W.R. Waldron
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		+	Thomas Recchio. 2020. "Embodied Scholarship:
		+	A Performance History
		+	of William Richard
		+	Waldron’s Lizzie Leigh;
		+	or, The Murder Near
		+	the Old Mill (1863)", ''Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film''
		+	2020, Vol. 47(1) 43–67[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1748372719853234]
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	First performed in London on 29 April 1855.		First performed in London on 29 April 1855.

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	Also found as ''[[The Temptation]]'' or simply ''[[Temptation]]''.		Also found as ''[[The Temptation]]'' or simply ''[[Temptation]]''.
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		+	However, there is also a play called ''[[Temptation]]'' by W.R. Waldron
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		+	First performed in London on 29 April 1855.

	([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980, suggests that another alternative title - one used by [[Disney Roebuck]] - may have been ''[[Temptation, or The Moral Brand]]''. However, this clearly sounds wrong: surely the alternative for "fatal" would have been "mortal", not "moral", and the title would thus have been ''[[Temptation, or The Mortal Brand]]''. However no play by this title has yet been found in the sources.)		([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980, suggests that another alternative title - one used by [[Disney Roebuck]] - may have been ''[[Temptation, or The Moral Brand]]''. However, this clearly sounds wrong: surely the alternative for "fatal" would have been "mortal", not "moral", and the title would thus have been ''[[Temptation, or The Mortal Brand]]''. However no play by this title has yet been found in the sources.)

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 Also found as ''[[The Temptation]]'' or simply ''[[Temptation]]''.
-([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980, suggests that another  alternative title used by [[Disney Roebuck]] may have been ''[[Temptation, or The Moral Brand]]''. However, this clearly sounds wrong: surely the alternative for "fatal" would have been "mortal", not "moral", and the title would thus have been ''[[Temptation, or The Mortal Brand]]''.)
+([[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980, suggests that another  alternative title - one used by [[Disney Roebuck]] - may have been ''[[Temptation, or The Moral Brand]]''. However, this clearly sounds wrong: surely the alternative for "fatal" would have been "mortal", not "moral", and the title would thus have been ''[[Temptation, or The Mortal Brand]]''. However no play by this title has yet been found in the sources.)
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 [[The Victorian Plays Project]], Electronic Catalogue - Volume 52[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=122]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 268-9
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 131, 134, 136, 269, 362-3.
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