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The Magpie, or The Maid? is a melodrama in 3 acts by Isaac Pocock ()[1].

It is based on La Pie voleuse, by Louis-Charles Caigniez and J. M. T. Badouin d'Aubigny.

Also published as The Magpie; Or, the Maid of Palaiseau. A Melodramatic Romance" by John Murray in 1815.

The French play was also the source for Giovanni Gherardini's libretto for Rossini's opera La gazza ladra (1817).

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.

Bosman, 1928: pp 195, 221-2,

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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!!!]]''.
+''[[The Magpie, or The Maid?]]'' is a melodrama in 3 acts by Isaac Pocock ()[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock].
+Also found under the title ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or Who's the Thief!!!]]''.
+== The original text ==
 It is based on ''[[La Pie voleuse]]'', by Louis-Charles Caigniez and J. M. T. Badouin d'Aubigny.
+Also published as ''[[The Magpie; Or, the Maid of Palaiseau]]''. A Melodramatic Romance" by John Murray in 1815.
 The French play was also the source for Giovanni Gherardini's libretto for Rossini's opera ''La gazza ladra'' (1817).