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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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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | Based on ''[[Le Bandit]]'', a French musical play in two acts ("pièce en 2 actes mêlée de chants") by Emmanuel Théaulon, (1787-1841), Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent, (17**-1833) and Théodore Anne, (1797-1869). Published in Paris by R.Riga in 1829 and first performed in French at the Théatre de Nouveautés in Paris on 1839(?).
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| − | The English version was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 18 November 1829. Published by S. French (1880/1?)
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 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).
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| − | 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).
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| − | 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).
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| − | == Sources ==
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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. 415
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1829 French text, ''BnF Gallica''[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k84950m.r=Saint-laurent]
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| − | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006061413
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
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| − | http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_brigand.html?id=yH_PAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
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