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''[[The Brigand]]'' is a romantic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9].
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#REDIRECT[[Le Bandit]]
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
 
First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 18 November 1829.
 
 
 
Based on a French piece, ''[[Le bandit]]'' by Théaulon, 
 
 
 
The English version first performed at Drury Lane Nov. 18, 1829,
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1846: Performed , most probably by  [[All the World's a Stage]],  on Thursday 9 July,  as the opening production in the newly re-opened  [[Hope Street Theatre]], now known as the [[Victoria Theatre]],  followed by ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset).
 
 
 
1846: Performed on Saturday 4 September , most probably by  [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]],  followed by ''[[The Original]]'' (Morton) and ''[[The Lottery Ticket, or the Lawyer's Clerk]]'' (Beazley).
 
 
 
1846: Performed on special request on Saturday 12 September, during the annual Race Week, again probably by  [[All the World's a Stage]] and  in the [[Victoria Theatre]]. It followed on ''[[Who's Who? or The Double Imposture]]'' (Poole).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
[[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. 415
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
 
 
 
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_brigand.html?id=yH_PAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
 
 
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