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| − | ''Le | + | ''Le Capitaine Roquefinette'': comedie-vaudeville en 2 actes by Philippe Dumanoir, Adolphe “d'” Ennery, Volume 23; Volume 44[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=I8IWUMEMb-wC&source=gbs_navlinks_s] de Lacombe, 1843. performned theatre de Varietes 27 October 1843. |
Possibly an adaptation of an unknown French play, since it is said to have been set in Versailles and featured characters such as "Capitaine Gascon", a "Chevalier" and "Monsieur le Baron". | Possibly an adaptation of an unknown French play, since it is said to have been set in Versailles and featured characters such as "Capitaine Gascon", a "Chevalier" and "Monsieur le Baron". | ||
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A Lucky Hit, or Railroads for Ever is a one act comedy by Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[1]
Also known simply as A Lucky Hit or The Lucky Hit.
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The original text
Le Capitaine Roquefinette: comedie-vaudeville en 2 actes by Philippe Dumanoir, Adolphe “d'” Ennery, Volume 23; Volume 44[2] de Lacombe, 1843. performned theatre de Varietes 27 October 1843.
Possibly an adaptation of an unknown French play, since it is said to have been set in Versailles and featured characters such as "Capitaine Gascon", a "Chevalier" and "Monsieur le Baron".
Stirling's play was first performed as A Lucky Hit, or Railroads for Ever in London on 23 April, 1836 and published by T.H. Lacy, in Volume III of Lacy's Acting Editions.
Another version, just called A Lucky Hit, was performed on 1 February, 1858. This was clearly an treanslation and adaptation of the French play Le Capitaine Roquefinette by , since it is said to have been set in Versailles and features the same characters as the French work.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed in the Garrison Theatre, Grahamstown, as The Lucky Hit by the Officers of the Regiment (North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot) on 28 and 30 December. The cast consisted of W. Malcom Esq. (Duc D'Anjou, King of Spain), Captain G. E. Bulger (Baron de Ville Blanche, a courtier), S. F. Poole Esq (Chevalier de Castagnac, a poet), W. J. B. Martin Esq. (Raoul de Givery, an Officer of the Guard), R. Annesley Esq. (Captain Gascon La Tour, a disbanded officer), J. S. Brougham Esq. (1st Gentleman of the Court), J. C. Little Esq. (2nd Gentleman of the Court), Corporal J. Davies (Baroness de Ville Blanche). Also performed on the evening were Dying for Love () and An Eton Boy (). (For more on contemporary responses to the performances, see the entry on the North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot)
Sources
Facsimile version of the 1843 edition of the French play, Google E-books[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=I8IWUMEMb-wC&source=gbs_navlinks_s
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html
Allardyce Nicoll. 1930. History of English Drama, 1660-1900, Volume 5, Part 2: CUP Archive[3]
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, [4]
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