Villikins and his Dinah - Revision history

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Villikins and his Dinah (1855) by Francis C. Burnand ()[]

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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 126-7, 191-2, 259, 264
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 126-7, 191-2, 259, 264-5
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villikins_and_his_Dinah

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−	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: ~~p264~~-5.	+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 264-5.

	The ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, is a 300 page, bound volume, containing a collection of newsletters, mainly recording the social activities, of the 10th [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] and was printed while the Regiment was stationed on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa) between 1860 and 1862.		The ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, is a 300 page, bound volume, containing a collection of newsletters, mainly recording the social activities, of the 10th [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] and was printed while the Regiment was stationed on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa) between 1860 and 1862.

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	==Sources==		==Sources==
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p264-5.

	The ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, is a 300 page, bound volume, containing a collection of newsletters, mainly recording the social activities, of the 10th [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] and was printed while the Regiment was stationed on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa) between 1860 and 1862.		The ''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, is a 300 page, bound volume, containing a collection of newsletters, mainly recording the social activities, of the 10th [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] and was printed while the Regiment was stationed on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony (now the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa) between 1860 and 1862.

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 ''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' can refer to a '''popular stage song''' by an anonymous author, or to a '''burlesque play''', using the song, by either '''J.  Stirling Coyne''' or '''Francis C. Burnand'''.
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) misspells the name as '''"Vilikins"''' in his history, though the error may have been made by his original sources.
+([[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) misspells the name as '''"Vilikins"''' in his history, though the error may have been made by his original sources.)
 It is not always certain what form the performance took or which text was being used in a particular 19th century production. If it was not simply sung, Burnand's popular text often seems the most likely.
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 (To listen to Kenneth McKellar's version of "''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]''" click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHjeDyv6Tzo )
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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 == Sources ==
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 126-7, 191-2,
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 126-7, 191-2, 259, 264
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villikins_and_his_Dinah

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 ===''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' (1855) by Francis C. Burnand ()[]===
-Described as a "tragico-comico [[Burlesque]]"
+The piece is  described as a "tragico-comico [[Burlesque]]" in the marketing material used in Cape Town in 1860  (e.g. in the ''[[Cape Argus]]'' of 26 January, 1860 - cited by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, p. 126)
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-:  The Burnand burlesque version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[A Hopeless Passion]]'' () by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January
+:  The Burnand burlesque version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[A Hopeless Passion]]'' () by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January.
 :  The Burnand burlesque version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January

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 ==The song==
-The song ''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' apparently emerged in England in 1853 as a burlesque version of a traditional ballad called "William and Dinah". Immensely popular, the well-known tune was  later adopted for many other songs, including "Sweet Betsy from Pike". Two farces were written shortly after to exploit the popularity of the stage song. ''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' (1855) by Francis C. Burnand and ''[[Willikind and hys Dinah]]'' (1854) by J. Stirling Coyne.
+The song ''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' apparently emerged in England in 1853 as a burlesque version of a traditional ballad called "William and Dinah". Immensely popular, the well-known tune was  later adopted for many other songs, including "Sweet Betsy from Pike".
 (To listen to Kenneth McKellar's version of "''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]''" click on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHjeDyv6Tzo )
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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	== Performance history in South Africa ==		== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	1860: The Burnand burlesque version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[A Hopeless Passion]]'' () by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January
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	1860: The Burnand burlesque version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January		1860: The Burnand burlesque version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January

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−	''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' can refer to a '''popular stage song''' by an anonymous author, or to a '''burlesque play''', using the song, by either J. Stirling Coyne or Francis C. Burnand.	+	''[[Villikins and his Dinah]]'' can refer to a '''popular stage song''' by an anonymous author, or to a '''burlesque play''', using the song, by either '''J. Stirling Coyne''' or '''Francis C. Burnand'''.
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		+	[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) misspells the name as '''"Vilikins"''' in his history, though the error may have been made by his original sources.

	It is not always certain what form the performance took or which text was being used in a particular 19th century production. If it was not simply sung, Burnand's popular text often seems the most likely.		It is not always certain what form the performance took or which text was being used in a particular 19th century production. If it was not simply sung, Burnand's popular text often seems the most likely.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-:  The Burnand version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January
+:  The Burnand burlesque version performed ("with songs") as afterpiece to ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton) by [[Charles Fraser]] and his company in the [[Cabinet Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 January
 : The original stage song was apparently performed to acclaim by Private [[W. Dansie]] of the [[Ethiopian Serenaders]], in the [[Garrison Theatre]] of either Grahamstown or Keiskama Hoek, as part of an evening of entertainment by the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]]. , on  May 27, 1861, and was repeated on the June 3. ''(See the entry on the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] for contemporaneous commentary on the performance.)''