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 http://www.worldcat.org/title/robbers-wife-a-romantic-drama-in-two-acts/oclc/35993771
-Facsimile version of ''The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle'', Volume 99,Part 2: Page 362, Google Ebook[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=YhdEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA362&lpg=PA362&dq=Suil+Dhur,+or+The+Coiners&source=bl&ots=lraZvbHtKF&sig=D6X6qhCaz2YKxKtwAEeMK6-yzWI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9w7jn3MvVAhUiAcAKHXeEBfEQ6AEIWDAI#v=onepage&q=Suil%20Dhur%2C%20or%20The%20Coiners&f=false].
+Facsimile version of ''The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle'', Volume 99,Part 2: Page 362, [[Google E-book]][https://books.google.co.za/books?id=YhdEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA362&lpg=PA362&dq=Suil+Dhur,+or+The+Coiners&source=bl&ots=lraZvbHtKF&sig=D6X6qhCaz2YKxKtwAEeMK6-yzWI&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9w7jn3MvVAhUiAcAKHXeEBfEQ6AEIWDAI#v=onepage&q=Suil%20Dhur%2C%20or%20The%20Coiners&f=false].
 Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. ''John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager''. McFarland: p. 173[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=The+Robber's+Wife+Isaac+Pocock&source=bl&ots=l6O4InD2Ed&sig=fkGB2hwqjYmDlqTE1wUgSlzi_Bg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_ycac7MvVAhWHL8AKHa3rBo8Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Robber's%20Wife%20Isaac%20Pocock&f=false].

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 == The original play ==
-The provenance of this play is said by some (including ''Wikipedia''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock]) to be an adaptation of the German original, probably the opera ''[[Der schlafende Räuber oder Die Räuberbrau]]'' ("The sleeping robber" or "The robber's bride"), with a libretto by J. Jos. Reiff and music by Ferdinand Ries, which had its première in Frankfurt on 15th October 1828, and was published 1829.
+The provenance of this play is said by some (including ''Wikipedia''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock]) to be an adaptation of the German original, probably the opera ''[[Der Schlafende Räuber, oder die Räuberbraut]]'' ("The sleeping robber" or "The robber's bride"), with a libretto by J. Jos. Reiff and music by Ferdinand Ries, which had its première in Frankfurt on 15th October 1828, and was published 1829.
 According to these sources, the English prose version by Isaac Pocock was performed under the title ''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]'' at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Thursday, January 7th, 1830, and published by John Cumberland in 1835.

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 == The original play ==
-The provenance of this play is said by some (including ''Wikipedia''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock]) to be an adaptation of the German original, probably the opera ''Der schlafende Räuber oder Die Räuberbrau'' ("The sleeping robber" or "The robber's bride"), with a libretto by J. Jos. Reiff and music by Ferdinand Ries, which had its première in Frankfurt on 15th October 1828, and was published 1829.
+The provenance of this play is said by some (including ''Wikipedia''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock]) to be an adaptation of the German original, probably the opera ''[[Der schlafende Räuber oder Die Räuberbrau]]'' ("The sleeping robber" or "The robber's bride"), with a libretto by J. Jos. Reiff and music by Ferdinand Ries, which had its première in Frankfurt on 15th October 1828, and was published 1829.
 According to these sources, the English prose version by Isaac Pocock was performed under the title ''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]'' at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Thursday, January 7th, 1830, and published by John Cumberland in 1835.

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 In addition, this may '''''also''''' be the original play which was performed in Cape Town as '''''[[The Robber's Family]]''''' (no author given) by [[Le Roy and Duret]] in 1867.
-='''The Robber's Wife, or the Coiner's Cave''' (1827)=
+='''''The Robber's Wife, or the Coiner's Cave''''' (1827)=
 ==The original text==
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-='''The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot'''.  (1830)=
+='''''The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot'''''.  (1830)=
 == The original play ==
 The provenance of this play is said by some (including ''Wikipedia''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock]) to be an adaptation of the German original, probably the opera ''Der schlafende Räuber oder Die Räuberbrau'' ("The sleeping robber" or "The robber's bride"), with a libretto by J. Jos. Reiff and music by Ferdinand Ries, which had its première in Frankfurt on 15th October 1828, and was published 1829.
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 : Performed as ''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by  [[All the World's a Stage]] on 26 April 1834, along with Jerrold's ''[[The Bride of Ludgate]]'' (Jerrold).
-=''[[The Robber's Family]]''=
+='''''[[The Robber's Family]]''''' (no author given)=
 ==The original text==

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 There appear to be a number of titles, and at least three (different?) two-act versions of the play:  '''''[[The Robber's Wife]]''''' published in 1827 , '''''[[The Robber's Bride]]''''', performed Covent Garden, 22 October, 1829 and ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' (a "romantic drama") published in 1835. The origins given for the versions also differ, as do their later subtitled versions (i.e. '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Coiner's Cave]]'''''  and '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]''''').
-Both versions were published in South Africa and are discussed separately below under their later, fuller titles.
+Three versions were performed and/or published in South Africa and are discussed separately below under their later, fuller titles.
 Besides the original title of ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' (or '''''[[The Robber's Bride]]'''''), and the two above, the title, ''[[The Robber's Wife, or Mark Redland]]'',  is also found in a reference to an American production, in Baltimore in 1843 by Bogar (2002)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=The+Robber's+Wife+Isaac+Pocock&source=bl&ots=l6O4InD2Ed&sig=fkGB2hwqjYmDlqTE1wUgSlzi_Bg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_ycac7MvVAhWHL8AKHa3rBo8Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Robber's%20Wife%20Isaac%20Pocock&f=false].
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 : Performed as ''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]'' in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town by  [[All the World's a Stage]] on 26 April 1834, along with Jerrold's ''[[The Bride of Ludgate]]'' (Jerrold).
 = Sources =
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 Thomas A. Bogar. 2002. ''John E. Owens: Nineteenth Century American Actor and Manager''. McFarland: p. 173[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=The+Robber's+Wife+Isaac+Pocock&source=bl&ots=l6O4InD2Ed&sig=fkGB2hwqjYmDlqTE1wUgSlzi_Bg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_ycac7MvVAhWHL8AKHa3rBo8Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Robber's%20Wife%20Isaac%20Pocock&f=false].
 [[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. 228
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 166,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 166, 222
 http://www.ferdinand-ries.de/english/frankfurt.html
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 Frederick Burwick. 2015. ''British Drama of the Industrial Revolution''. Cambridge University Presspp. 228-9[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=wNMmCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=The+Robber%27s+Family+a++play+by+Pocock&source=bl&ots=Yw7a8dY-aH&sig=ACfU3U0GBEhY2RcBQBVdOXY6RDR-xX27bw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8nLvUgpfqAhU2ShUIHc8dCtUQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Robber's%20Family%20a%20%20play%20by%20Pocock&f=false]
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 =The conundrum of the various plays=
-There appear to be a number of titles, and at least three (different?) two-act versions of the play:  '''''[[The Robber's Wife]]''''' published in 1827 , ''[[The Robber's Bride]]'', performed Covent Garden, 22 October, 1829 and ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' (a "romantic drama") published in 1835. The origins given for the versions also differ, as do their later subtitled versions (i.e. '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Coiner's Cave]]'''''  and '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]''''').
+There appear to be a number of titles, and at least three (different?) two-act versions of the play:  '''''[[The Robber's Wife]]''''' published in 1827 , '''''[[The Robber's Bride]]''''', performed Covent Garden, 22 October, 1829 and ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' (a "romantic drama") published in 1835. The origins given for the versions also differ, as do their later subtitled versions (i.e. '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Coiner's Cave]]'''''  and '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]''''').
 Both versions were published in South Africa and are discussed separately below under their later, fuller titles.

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 =The conundrum of the various plays=
-There appear to be a number of titles, and at least two (different?) versions of the play (a two act play published in 1827 and a two act "romantic drama" published in 1835). The origins given for the two versions also differ, as do their later subtitled versions (i.e. '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Coiner's Cave]]'''''  and '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]''''').
+There appear to be a number of titles, and at least three (different?) two-act versions of the play:  ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' published in 1827 , ''[[The Robber's Bride]]'', performed Covent Garden, 22 October, 1829 and ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' (a "romantic drama") published in 1835. The origins given for the versions also differ, as do their later subtitled versions (i.e. '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Coiner's Cave]]'''''  and '''''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot]]''''').
 Both versions were published in South Africa and are discussed separately below under their later, fuller titles.
-Besides the original title of ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'', and the two above, the title, ''[[The Robber's Wife, or Mark Redland]]'',  is also found in a reference to an American production, in Baltimore in 1843 by Bogar (2002)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=The+Robber's+Wife+Isaac+Pocock&source=bl&ots=l6O4InD2Ed&sig=fkGB2hwqjYmDlqTE1wUgSlzi_Bg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_ycac7MvVAhWHL8AKHa3rBo8Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Robber's%20Wife%20Isaac%20Pocock&f=false].
+Besides the original title of ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' (or ''[[The Robber's Bride]]''), and the two above, the title, ''[[The Robber's Wife, or Mark Redland]]'',  is also found in a reference to an American production, in Baltimore in 1843 by Bogar (2002)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=dUxyBjj8HUYC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=The+Robber's+Wife+Isaac+Pocock&source=bl&ots=l6O4InD2Ed&sig=fkGB2hwqjYmDlqTE1wUgSlzi_Bg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_ycac7MvVAhWHL8AKHa3rBo8Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Robber's%20Wife%20Isaac%20Pocock&f=false].
-In addition, this may also be the original play which was performed in Cape Town as '''''[[The Robber's Family]]''''' (no author given) by [[Le Roy and Duret]] in 1867.
+In addition, this may '''''also''''' be the original play which was performed in Cape Town as '''''[[The Robber's Family]]''''' (no author given) by [[Le Roy and Duret]] in 1867.
 ='''The Robber's Wife, or the Coiner's Cave''' (1827)=
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 This was published and performed in 1827, and described as an English adaptation of the Irish traditional tale called ''Suil Dhur, or The Coiners'', but set in Cumberland by Pocock. First performed in London in 1827 and the text was published by John Cumberland as ''[[The Robber's Wife]]'' in a collection called ''The Robber's Wife and Other Plays'' (1827).
-The play was often produced apparently, ''inter alia'' at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in on 22 October 1829, still  under the title ''[[The Robber’s Wife]]''.
+The play was often produced apparently, ''inter alia'' at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden in on 22 October 1829, still  under the title ''[[The Robber's Bride]]''.
 However, later productions appear to have been done under the fuller title of ''[[The Robber's Wife, or The Coiner's Cave]]''.