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| − | A play written and performed in Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1870. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and the character would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also a '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' (said to be bay Henry Hamilton). | + | A play written and performed in Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1870. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and the character would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also a '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' (said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, to be bay Henry Hamilton). |
The play was later turned into a musical. | The play was later turned into a musical. | ||
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Fritz, Our Cousin German is a play by Charles Gayler (1820–92)[],
A play written and performed in Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1870. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and the character would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also a Captain Fritz (said by Bosman, 1980, to be bay Henry Hamilton).
The play was later turned into a musical.
Julian Mates. 1987. America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre ABC-CLIO.[1] By
