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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Though ascribed to Gilbert by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works. If in fact by Gilbert, this was either an unpublished work, or possibly an adapted/renamed version of the [[extravaganza]] ''[[The Pretty Druidess, or The Mother, the Maid, and the Mistletoe Bough]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess], a piece was loosely based on Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 opera ''[[Norma]]'', with dialogue in rhyming couplets full of complicated word-play and dreadful puns. First performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869.
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The piece is wrongly ascribed to Gilbert by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works.  
  
However, there exists a widely held poster[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136] depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Fanshawe" in a piece called ''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' that premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, which suggests that this is another play altorgether.
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There exists a widely held poster[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136] depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Robert Fanshawe" when ''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:35, 26 October 2020

My Pretty Maid is an extravaganza by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[1].

The original text

The piece is wrongly ascribed to Gilbert by Bosman (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works.

There exists a widely held poster[2] depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Robert Fanshawe" when My Pretty Maid premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1903: Performed by Edward Terry (1844–1912)[3] and his company as part of a season of plays in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, during April. Terry played the schoolmaster "Fanshawe".

Sources

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https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess

http://www.wsgilbert.co.uk/gilbert-s-plays/

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.414

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