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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)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Moreau] and Alfred Delacour (1817-1783)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Delacour]  
 
''[[Un Service à Blanchard]]'' ("A service to Blanchard") is a vaudeville in 1 one act by Eugène Lemoine-Moreau (1806-1876)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Moreau] and Alfred Delacour (1817-1783)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Delacour]  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 372) wrongly ascribes the work to "F. Vaude".
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
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1859: Performed  as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' on 28 July in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] by the [[Cape Town Dramatic Club]], with ''[[An Unwarrantable Intrusion]]'' (Morton) and ''[[My First Fit of the Gout]]'' (Morton).
  
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== Sources ==
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1861: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company on 19 August in the [[Theatre Royal]], with ''[[The Lost Ship]]''  (Townsend).
  
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The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 14[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=80]
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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).
  
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https://www.amazon.fr/Service-Blanchard-vaudeville-Delacour-Gymnase/dp/B001C5KB2Y
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1862: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company on 15 March in the [[Theatre Royal]], with ''[[Jack the Giant-Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur and Queen of the Fairy Bees]]'' (Byron?).
  
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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Moreau
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1873: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' by the [[Garrison Amateur Theatricals]] in the [[Oddfellows' Hall]], Cape Town, on 9 January, with ''[[A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock]]'' (Brough), as a benefit for the widow of a certain "W. Keet".
  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Delacour
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1873: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company on board ship in Cape Town shortly after their arrival during November,  with ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' (Sheridan), the performances in aid of the "Cape Town Dispensary".
  
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011612921]
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1873: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town,  on 9 December,  with ''[[Pygmalion and Galatea]]'' (Gilbert).
  
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[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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1874: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town on 9 January by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp]]'' (Byron).  
  
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[[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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1875: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town on 1 July by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Byron).  
  
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[[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.
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1878: Performed as ''[[To Oblige Benson]]'' in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 20 September by the [[Smith and Thatcher Company]], announced as the "Last appearance of Miss [[Ada Ward]]" and benefit for Mr [[H. Smith]]. The play falsely advertised as being done "for the first time in Cape Town". Also performed was ''[[The Lady of Lyons]]'' (Lytton).
  
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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== Sources ==
  
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[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]]. 1934. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl01_01/index.php]
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The Victorian Plays Project, Volume 14[http://victorian.nuigalway.ie/modx/index.php?id=80]
  
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[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]],  1949. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl02_01/index.php]
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https://www.amazon.fr/Service-Blanchard-vaudeville-Delacour-Gymnase/dp/B001C5KB2Y
  
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[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Moreau
  
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[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Delacour
  
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[[Sydney Paul Gosher]]. 1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011612921]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 98-9, 111, 145, 267, 306, 310, 311, 325, 372
  
 
[[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.  
 
[[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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[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1997. ''Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror''. Pretoria: Van Schaik[http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85401]: pp.
 
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[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
 
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[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php], pp.
 
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[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
 
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[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]
 
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[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
 
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[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
 
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[[Anna Minnaar-Vos]] 1969. ''Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van [[Hendrik Hanekom|Hendrik]] en [[Mathilde Hanekom]]''. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.
 
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[[Brian Astbury]].  1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
 
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[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 
 
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
 
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[[J.A. Worp]]. 1972. ''Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland''. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php]
 
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Joris Baers (1888-1975): ''Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een''[http://doczz.nl/doc/783/joris-baers--1888-1975---algemeene-tooneelbibliotheek-een]
 
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http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 06:54, 1 July 2021

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]

F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p. 372) wrongly ascribes the work to "F. Vaude".

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 Club, with An Unwarrantable Intrusion (Morton) and My First Fit of the Gout (Morton).

1861: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Sefton Parry and his company on 19 August in the Theatre Royal, with The Lost Ship (Townsend).

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).

1862: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Sefton Parry and his company on 15 March in the Theatre Royal, with Jack the Giant-Killer, or Harlequin King Arthur and Queen of the Fairy Bees (Byron?).

1873: Performed as To Oblige Benson by the Garrison Amateur Theatricals in the Oddfellows' Hall, Cape Town, on 9 January, with A Phenomenon in a Smock Frock (Brough), as a benefit for the widow of a certain "W. Keet".

1873: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Disney Roebuck's company on board ship in Cape Town shortly after their arrival during November, with The School for Scandal (Sheridan), the performances in aid of the "Cape Town Dispensary".

1873: Performed as To Oblige Benson by Disney Roebuck's company in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town, on 9 December, with Pygmalion and Galatea (Gilbert).

1874: Performed as To Oblige Benson in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town on 9 January by the Disney Roebuck company, with Aladdin, or The Wonderful Scamp (Byron).

1875: Performed as To Oblige Benson in the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town on 1 July by the Disney Roebuck company, with Aurora Floyd (Byron).

1878: Performed as To Oblige Benson in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 20 September by the Smith and Thatcher Company, announced as the "Last appearance of Miss Ada Ward" and benefit for Mr H. Smith. The play falsely advertised as being done "for the first time in Cape Town". Also performed was The Lady of Lyons (Lytton).

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. 98-9, 111, 145, 267, 306, 310, 311, 325, 372

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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