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There appear to have been a number of stage versions that include this phrase ''[[Alonzo the Brave]]'' in their title, all apparently versions of the famous ballad ''[[The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen]]'' by Matthew Gregory Lewis (“Monk Lewis”) (1775–1818)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Lewis_(writer)]. Among them have been texts by Didelot (1801), T.J. Dibdin (1821 and 1826),  E. Fitzball (1850), H.T. Craven (1855) and Francis Cowley Burnand (1855).
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#REDIRECT [[Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene]]
 
 
=The ballad known as ''The Celebrated History of Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogen''=
 
 
 
The ballad tells of Alonzo, who bids Imogene be faithful to him when he leaves for the wars in Palestine, 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=''[[Alonzo the Brave and The Fair Imogene]]'', a [[burlesque]] in one act by H.T. Craven=
 
 
 
First performed at the Strand Theatre on  29 January 1855.
 
 
 
=''[[Alonzo the Brave, or Faust and the Fair Imogene]]'' ,  a [[burlesque]] by Francis Cowley Burnand ()[]=
 
 
 
First performed at the Strand Theatre London on 5 February, 1855 and published by T.H. Lacy in the same year.
 
 
=Sources=
 
 
 
Bartleby.com: Text of the ballad by Lewis[https://www.bartleby.com/360/7/168.html]
 
 
 
http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/RcAtBaFI.html
 
 
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p. 13[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=nEilDfLnCSQC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Alonzo+the+Brave+and+The+Fair+Imogene+by+H.T.+Craven&source=bl&ots=Bg5sM_srW8&sig=ACfU3U2uHA6p7e8M83M1jRaxttDJomwOaA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT7deShtvmAhULE8AKHcxlBTsQ6AEwCnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Alonzo%20the%20Brave%20and%20The%20Fair%20Imogene%20by%20H.T.%20Craven&f=false] and 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]
 
 
 
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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