The "Fritz" plays - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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The Fritz series of plays

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	1895: A performance of something (a musical?) called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] - and the work is then attributed to Henry Hamilton by theatre historian [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1980).		1895: A performance of something (a musical?) called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] - and the work is then attributed to Henry Hamilton by theatre historian [[F.C.L. Bosman\|Bosman]] (1980).
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		+	1900: It appears this play was repeated during Arnold's tour of South Africa in 1900.

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 === Performance history in South Africa ===
-: One may deduce from Boonzaier (1923) that a musical called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] - and the work is attributed to Henry Hamilton by theatre historian [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980).
+: A performance of something (a musical?) called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] - and the work is then attributed to Henry Hamilton by theatre historian [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980).
 = '''Sources''' =

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 ===The original text===
-Possibly a British musical performed in Cape Town Joseph Kline Emmet in 1895, referred to as '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923) and said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), to be a musical play by Henry Hamilton (1854– 1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)] - though no such work by Hamilton can be traced.
+Possibly a British musical performed in Cape Town Joseph Kline Emmet in 1895, referred to as '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923) and said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), to be a musical play by Henry Hamilton (1854– 1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)] - though no such work by Hamilton has yet been traced.
 However, Joseph Kline Emmet not only developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, but created and sang a number of songs to be sung in character, including "''Captain Schmidt''", which it appears was included in ''[[The Adventures of Fritz, Our Cousin German]]'' by Charles Gayler.
-Boonzaier (writing in 1923, and recalling his theatre-goings days in the late 19th century) refers to a performance of something he calls ''[[Captain Fritz]]'', and when citing Boonzaier, the theatre historian [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980) attributes the work to Henry Hamilton. Boonzaier's piece actually occurs in his discussion of the roles played by visiting actor  [[Charles Arnold]],  so the notion that this was indeed a '''play''' may in fact be an error, and actually refer to a [[performance]] by the actor of the '''song''' called ''"Captain Schmidt"''.
+Boonzaier (writing in 1923, and recalling his theatre-goings days in the late 19th century) refers to a performance of something he calls ''[[Captain Fritz]]'', and in the version published by theatre historian [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980:p. 402, footnote 7) he attributes the work to Henry Hamilton. Boonzaier's piece actually occurs in his discussion of the roles played by visiting actor  [[Charles Arnold]],  so the notion that this was indeed a '''play''' may in fact be an error, and he may actually be referring to a '''performance''' by the actor of the '''song''' called ''"Captain Schmidt"'', of which there is a record.
 === Performance history in South Africa ===

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-[[The "Fritz" plays]] is a collecrtive title used to refer to a 19th century series of skits, songs, plays and musicals  featuring a German immigrant character created by the vaudeville performer and actor Joseph Kline Emmet (1841–1891)[http://american_theatre.enacademic.com/408/Emmet%2C_J._K.], .
+[[The "Fritz" plays]] is a collective title used to refer to a 19th century series of skits, songs, plays and musicals  featuring a German immigrant character, originally created by the vaudeville performer and actor Joseph Kline Emmet (1841–1891)[http://american_theatre.enacademic.com/408/Emmet%2C_J._K.], .
 = '''Joseph Kline Emmet and the origin of "Fritz"'''=
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 ='''The Fritz series of plays'''=
-While the character and early skits and songs were created by Emmet, the later plays and musicals were written by various autherosa, though often having Emmet (or an imitator) as performer. Besides the original, the series includes plays such as ''[[Fritz in Ireland]]'', ''[[Fritz Among the Gypsies]]'', ''[[Fritz in Bohemia]]'', ''[[Fritz in  a Madhouse]]'', ''[[Fritz in Posterity]]'', and so on, as well as called ''[[Captain Fritz]]''. Not all were performed in South Africa of course.
+While the character and early skits and songs were created by Emmet, the later plays and musicals were written by various authors, though often having Emmet (or an imitator of his style) as performer. Besides the original, the series includes plays such as ''[[Fritz in Ireland]]'', ''[[Fritz Among the Gypsies]]'', ''[[Fritz in Bohemia]]'', ''[[Fritz in  a Madhouse]]'', ''[[Fritz in Posterity]]'', and so on, as well as a purported musical called ''[[Captain Fritz]]''. Not all were performed in South Africa of course.
 ='''Other "Fritz" plays performed in South Africa'''=
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 However, Joseph Kline Emmet not only developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, but created and sang a number of songs to be sung in character, including "''Captain Schmidt''", which it appears was included in ''[[The Adventures of Fritz, Our Cousin German]]'' by Charles Gayler.
-So the reference to ''[[Captain Fritz]]'', which occurs in a discussion by Boonzaier of the visiting actor  [[Charles Arnold]],  may in fact be an error, and actually refer to a [[performance]] of the '''song''' ''"Captain Schmidt"'' as performed on the Cape stage by the actor.
+Boonzaier (writing in 1923, and recalling his theatre-goings days in the late 19th century) refers to a performance of something he calls ''[[Captain Fritz]]'', and when citing Boonzaier, the theatre historian [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980) attributes the work to Henry Hamilton. Boonzaier's piece actually occurs in his discussion of the roles played by visiting actor  [[Charles Arnold]],  so the notion that this was indeed a '''play''' may in fact be an error, and actually refer to a [[performance]] by the actor of the '''song''' called ''"Captain Schmidt"''.
 === Performance history in South Africa ===

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 ='''The Fritz series of plays'''=
-While the character and early skits and songs were created by Emmet, the later plays and musicals were written by various autherosa, though often having Emmet (or an imitator) as performer. Besides the original, the series includes plays such as ''[[Fritz in Ireland]]'', ''[[Fritz Among the Gypsies]]'', ''[[Fritz in Bohemia]]'', ''[[Fritz in  a Madhouse]]'', ''[[Fritz in Posterity]]'', ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' and so on. Not all were performed in South Africa of course.
+While the character and early skits and songs were created by Emmet, the later plays and musicals were written by various autherosa, though often having Emmet (or an imitator) as performer. Besides the original, the series includes plays such as ''[[Fritz in Ireland]]'', ''[[Fritz Among the Gypsies]]'', ''[[Fritz in Bohemia]]'', ''[[Fritz in  a Madhouse]]'', ''[[Fritz in Posterity]]'', and so on, as well as called ''[[Captain Fritz]]''. Not all were performed in South Africa of course.
 ='''Other "Fritz" plays performed in South Africa'''=

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 ===The original text===
-Possibly also the British musical performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895, referred to as '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923) and said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), to be a musical play by Henry Hamilton.
+Possibly a British musical performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895, referred to as '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923) and said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), to be a musical play by Henry Hamilton (1854– 1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hamilton_(playwright)].
-Joseph Kline Emmet not only developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, but created and sang a song "''Captain Schmidt''", which was included in ''[[The Adventures of Fritz, Our Cousin German]]'' by Charles Gayler.
+Joseph Kline Emmet not only developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, but created and sang a song "''Captain Schmidt''", which it appears was included in ''[[The Adventures of Fritz, Our Cousin German]]'' by Charles Gayler.
 === Performance history in South Africa ===