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1861: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company on 19 September in the [[Theatre Royal]], with ''[[Black-Ey'd Susan]]'' (Jerrold). | 1861: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company on 19 September in the [[Theatre Royal]], with ''[[Black-Ey'd Susan]]'' (Jerrold). | ||
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Un Service à Blanchard ("A service to Blanchard") is a vaudeville in 1 one act by Eugène Lemoine-Moreau (1806-1876)[1] and Alfred Delacour (1817-1783)[2]
Contents
The original text
First performed in Paris at the , Gymnase, on 6 April 1852.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted from the French vaudeville as To Oblige Benson by Tom Taylor (1817-1880)[3] and termed a comedietta in one act. First performed on 6 March 1854, at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London. The English text published by Samuel French, 1854.
Performance history in South Africa
1859: Performed as To Oblige Benson on 28 July in the Harrington Street Theatre by the Cape Town Dramatic Society, with An Unwarrantable Intrusion (Morton) and My First Fit of Gout (Morton).
1861: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Sefton Parry and his company on 19 September in the Theatre Royal, with Black-Ey'd Susan (Jerrold).
Sources
The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 14[4]
https://www.amazon.fr/Service-Blanchard-vaudeville-Delacour-Gymnase/dp/B001C5KB2Y
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Moreau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Delacour
Facsimile version of the Samuel French English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[5]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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