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| − | ''[[Robert Macaire, or The Roadside Inn Turned Inside Out]]'' is a [[burlesque]] extravaganza by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron]
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| − | Also known as ''[[Robert Macaire]]''.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Il fut créé par Benjamin Antier et incarné par Frédérick Lemaître dans le drame l’Auberge des Adrets, représenté pour la première fois en 1823. Il fut ensuite repris en 1835 dans une deuxième pièce intitulée Robert Macaire.
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| − | Antier, Saint-Amand et Polyanthe avaient composé très sérieusement un mélodrame sombre, aux phrases pompeuses et ampoulées, l’Auberge des Adrets, dont le principal rôle était destiné à Frédérick Lemaître, lors de la reprise de cette pièce en 1832 au théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin.
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| − | ''[[Robert Macaire]]'' is a burlesque drama in 4 acts by Benjamin Antier (1787-1870), Saint-Amand (1797-1885), Frédérick Lemaître, (1800-1876) and Polyanthe, first performed
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | Adapted as by Philippe Gille (1831-1901) and William Busnach (1832-1907) as a 4 act burlesque drama, performed 1 March, 1889 at the Théâtre Porte Saint-Martin and published by Tresse et Stock (Paris), 1889
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| − | The original 18** French text was translated and adapted into English as ''[[Robert Macaire, or The Roadside Inn Turned Inside Out]]'' , a [[burlesque]] extravaganza, by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron]
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| − | Also known as ''[[Robert Macaire]]'', it was first performed in English in the Royal Globe Theatre, London, on 16 April, 1870. The English text published by Thomas Hailes Lacy, 1872 ([Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays. vol. 93.)
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1875. Produced by [[Disney Roebuck]] in the [[Bijou Theatre]] on 16 September, with ''[[Arrah-na-Pogue, or The Wicklow Wedding]]'' (Boucicault). The evening a farewell benefit for [[Tom Paulton|Mr Paulton]] and [[Emmeline Montague|Mrs Paulton]].
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| − | 1877: Performed as in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 28 September by the [[Disney Roebuck]] company, with the burlesque ''[[Aladdin, or The Wonderful Woman]]'' (?)
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1889 French version, [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k114922r/f1.image]
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| − | Facsimile version of the 1872 English text, Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=2vJBngAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron
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