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| − | A play written and performed in Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1870. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and the character would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also | + | A play written and performed in Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1870. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and the character would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also the British musical, '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' (said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, to be by Henry Hamilton). |
The play was later turned into a musical. | The play was later turned into a musical. | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 6 October 2018
Fritz, Our Cousin German is a play by Charles Gayler (1820–92)[],
A play written and performed in Wallack's Theatre, New York, in 1870. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and the character would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also the British musical, Captain Fritz (said by Bosman, 1980, to be by Henry Hamilton).
The play was later turned into a musical.
Julian Mates. 1987. America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre ABC-CLIO.[1] By
