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| − | ''[[Fritz, Our Cousin German]]'' is a play by Charles Gayler (1820–92)[],
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| − | Also found as '''''[[The Adventures of Fritz, Our Cousin German]]'''''
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| − | A play first performed in on July 11, 1870, in Wallack's Theatre, New York, later music was added. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and often performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and a character that would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also the British musical performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895, referred to as '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' by Boonzaier (and said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, to be by Henry Hamilton).
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| − | 1895: According to Boonzaier a musical called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895. (It is said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, to be a work by Henry Hamilton, but no such work has yet been traced).
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| − | Julian Mates. 1987. ''America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre'' ABC-CLIO.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=i5mFCD5qRHcC&dq=Fritz,+Our+Cousin+German+by+Charles+Gayler&source=gbs_navlinks_s]
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