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| − | ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' is a play by Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html].
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| − | Also referred to simply as '''''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]''''' at times.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | This is clearly one of a number of works based (directly or indirectly) on ''[[La fille du régiment]]'', the 1840 opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti]. (''See the entry on [[The Daughter of the Regiment]]''.)
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| − | ''[[Het Volksblad]]'''s anonymous reviewer of the 1862 Cape Town performances, for example, refers to the play as ''[[La fille du régiment]]'' and laments the lack of Donizetti's music in the performance. (''[[Het Volksblad]]'', 19 June 1862)
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| − | Possibly written circa 1860.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1862: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 16th June, with ''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]'' (Selby ). Tellet (or the Cape press at the time) refers to the author as "E. Sterling". The cast included [[Clara Tellett|Tellett]] herself, [[James Leffler]], [[T. Brazier]], [[Mr Raymond]] and [[Mrs Arlington]]
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| − | 1862: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 23rd June, with ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' ("A Gentleman of Cape Town").
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| − | 1875: A "musical comedietta" called ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' was performed on 23 June, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, with the ''[[The Day after the Wedding]]'' (Kemble) and ''[[Princess Pocahontas]]'' (Anon). No author is specified for the musical, so the text in question could be any one of the three English stage plays from the 19th century based on the opera - though [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p.509) confusingly suggests it was the text by Fitzball (''[[The Daughter of the Regiment (Fitzball)|The Daughter of the Regiment]]''), though referring the reader to the Stirling text.
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| − | 1875: Performed again as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 26 June, with a recital of ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (Tennyson) by [[Miss Berenger]] and the two act drama ''[[Ben Bolt]]'' (Johnstone).
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| − | 1875: Performed again as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 9 September, with a dance by [[Miss Duggan]] and ''[[Lost in London]]'' (Phillips).
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| − | ==Sources==
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| − | http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 130-1, 134-5.
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