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| − | ''[[The Magpie, or The Maid?]]'' is a melodrama in 3 acts by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock].
| + | #REDIRECT[[La Pie Voleuse, ou La Servante de Palaiseau]] |
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| − | Also found under the titles ''[[Magpie or the Maid]]'', ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or Who's the Thief!!!]]''.
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | It is based on ''[[La Pie voleuse]]'', by Louis-Charles Caigniez and Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny.
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| − | It was first printed in 1814 and a second edition appeared in 1816.
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| − | Also published as ''[[The Magpie; Or, the Maid of Palaiseau]]''. A Melodramatic Romance" by John Murray in 1815.
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| − | The French play was also the source for Giovanni Gherardini's libretto for Rossini's opera ''La gazza ladra'' (1817).
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1832: Performed on 9 June 1832 by [[All the World's a Stage]] under the title ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or Who's the Thief!!!]]'' (Pocock), announced as a "new domestic melodrama" by the company. (Bosman, 1928: p221-2). It was accompanied by ''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]'' (O'Callaghan) and ''[[Bombastes Furioso|Bombastes Furioso, or The King of Utopia]]'' (Rhodes).
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| − | 1835: Performed as ''[[The Magpie , or The Maid?]]'' as a benefit performance for [[Mrs Westcott]] in the Cape Town on 8 October 1835 by the [[Garrison Players]], with ''[[Love, Law and Physic]]'' (Kenney) as afterpiece.
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | http://archive.org/details/magpieormaidmelo00pocorich
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock
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| − | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Rossini
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp 195, 221-2,
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| − | Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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