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''[[The Brigand]]'' is a romantic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9].  
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''[[The Brigand]]'' is a romantic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9], based on ''[[Le Bandit]]'', a French musical play in two acts  ("pièce en 2 actes mêlée de chants") by Emmanuel  Théaulon, (1787-1841), Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent, (17**-1833) and Théodore  Anne, (1797-1869). Published in Paris by R.Riga in 1829 and first performed in French at the Théatre de Nouveautés in Paris on 1839(?). 
  
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== The original text ==
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'''See ''[[Le Bandit]]'''''
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Based on ''[[Le Bandit]]'', a French musical play in two acts  ("pièce en 2 actes mêlée de chants") by Emmanuel  Théaulon, (1787-1841), Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent, (17**-1833) and Théodore  Anne, (1797-1869). Published in Paris by R.Riga in 1829 and first performed in French at the Théatre de Nouveautés in Paris on 1839(?). 
 
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The English version was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 18 November 1829. Published by S. French (1880/1?)
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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1846: Performed , most probably by  [[All the World's a Stage]],  on Thursday 9 July,  as the opening production in the newly re-opened  [[Hope Street Theatre]], now known as the [[Victoria Theatre]],  followed by ''[[A Day after the Fair]]'' (Somerset).
 
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1846: Performed on Saturday 4 September , most probably by  [[All the World's a Stage]], in the [[Victoria Theatre]],  followed by ''[[The Original]]'' (Morton) and ''[[The Lottery Ticket, or the Lawyer's Clerk]]'' (Beazley).
 
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1846: Performed on special request on Saturday 12 September, during the annual Race Week, again probably by  [[All the World's a Stage]] and  in the [[Victoria Theatre]]. It followed on ''[[Who's Who? or The Double Imposture]]'' (Poole).
 
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== Sources ==
 
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 415
 
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Facsimile version of the 1829 French text, ''BnF Gallica''[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k84950m.r=Saint-laurent]
 
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https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006061413
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
 
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http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_brigand.html?id=yH_PAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 06:24, 25 November 2016

The Brigand is a romantic drama in two acts by James Robinson Planché (1796–1880)[1], based on Le Bandit, a French musical play in two acts ("pièce en 2 actes mêlée de chants") by Emmanuel Théaulon, (1787-1841), Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent, (17**-1833) and Théodore Anne, (1797-1869). Published in Paris by R.Riga in 1829 and first performed in French at the Théatre de Nouveautés in Paris on 1839(?).

See Le Bandit

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