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| − | There appear to have been two burlesque versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[], both created and performed in 1855.
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| − | A poem about Alonzo, who leaves for the wars in Palestine and bids Imogene be faithful to him, but another wooer wins her hand. At the wedding, the spectre of Alonzo, a rotting skeleton clad in armor, appears and bears the false Imogene away, to the horror of all. It is said that three times a year the couple will appear at a ball and dance
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| − | =''[[Alonzo the Brave and The Fair Imogene]]'', a [[burlesque]] in one act by H.T. Craven=
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| − | First performed at the Strand Theatre on 29 January 1855.
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| − | =''[[Alonzo the Brave, or Faust and the Fair Imogene]]'' , a [[burlesque]] by Francis Cowley Burnand ()[]=
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| − | First performed at the Strand Theatre London on 5 February, 1855 and published by T.H. Lacy in the same year.
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| − | =Sources=
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| − | Bartleby.com: Text of the ballad by Lewis[https://www.bartleby.com/360/7/168.html]
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| − | http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/RcAtBaFI.html
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| − | Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p. 287[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ong3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=The+Celebrated+History+of+Alonzo+the+Brave+and+the+Fair+Imogen&source=bl&ots=UM6Mz1u-tn&sig=ACfU3U1R4VIfvmlAxw83HB4eAS4zD8495A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV6L_Y_NrmAhWILMAKHaAMC1YQ6AEwEnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Celebrated%20History%20of%20Alonzo%20the%20Brave%20and%20the%20Fair%20Imogen&f=false]
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| − | 52952 A - Z. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAYS, 1852 - 1866. January - February 1855. [https://intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandtheatre/documents/pdf/lcp/playslicensedin1855.pdf]
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