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by Isaac Pocock. A melodrama in 3 acts. Also published as "''[[The Magpie; Or, the Maid of Palaiseau]]''. A Melodramatic Romance" by John Murray in 1815. Also found under the title ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or Who's the Thief!!!]]''.
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#REDIRECT[[La Pie Voleuse, ou La Servante de Palaiseau]]
 
 
It is based on ''[[La Pie voleuse]]'', by Louis-Charles Caigniez and J. M. T. Badouin d'Aubigny.
 
The French play was also the source for Giovanni Gherardini's libretto for Rossini's opera ''La gazza ladra'' (1817).
 
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1832: Performed on 9 June 1832 by [[All the World's a Stage]] under the title ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or Who's the Thief!!!]]'' (Pocock), announced as a "new domestic melodrama" by the company. (Bosman, 1928: p221-2). It was accompanied by ''[[The Married Bachelor, or Master and Man]]'' (O'Callaghan) and ''[[Bombastes Furioso, or The King of Utopia]]'' (Rhodes)
 
 
 
1835: Performed as ''[[The Magpie , or The Maid?]]'' as a benefit performance for [[Mrs Westcott]] in the Cape Town on 8 October 1835 by the [[Garrison Players]], with ''[[Love, Law and Physic]]'' (Kenney) as afterpiece.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://archive.org/details/magpieormaidmelo00pocorich
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operas_by_Rossini
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp 195, 221-2,
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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