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| − | ''[[The Alabama: A Nautical Extravaganza]]'' is a one act "extravaganza" by John Maddison Morton.
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | It was apparently a reworking of an earlier piece by Morton called ''[[Her Majesty's Sloop Spitfire]]'', and was produced in London at the Theater Royal, Drury Lane (7-19 March, 1864).
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1867: Performed as an "interesting Extravaganza" in the [[Theatre Royal]], Harrington Street, Cape Town by [[Le Roy's Original Company]] on 12 April, under the patronage of the "Stewards of the Races". The programme also included [[J.C. Howard]] in ''[[Aurora Floyd]]'' (Braddon), a rendering of the song ''The Slave Ship'' by [[Mr Spencer]] and a comic song by [[Mr Ray]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | John D. Bennett. 2008. ''The London Confederates: The Officials, Clergy, Businessmen and Journalists who Backed the American South During the Civil War''. McFarland: p. 111.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=k6Q56Wd0MGQC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=The+Alabama++a+nautical+drama+by+Morton&source=bl&ots=QRw9_4_Wxp&sig=V4uU72jlvKbrH1oSzyUVzXEFNMM&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKzMjZ-NXVAhWhBcAKHTaNCEgQ6AEINzAH#v=onepage&q=The%20Alabama%20%20a%20nautical%20drama%20by%20Morton&f=false]
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 222
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