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| − | ''[[A Lucky Hit, or Railroads for Ever]]'' is a one act comedy by Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html]
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| − | Also known simply as '''''[[A Lucky Hit]]''''' or '''''[[The Lucky Hit]].'''''
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | ''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.
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| − | 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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| − | 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.
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| − | 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.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 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]])''
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | 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
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| − | http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html
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| − | Allardyce Nicoll. 1930. ''History of English Drama, 1660-1900'', Volume 5, Part 2: CUP Archive[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=CHa3njx5AzYC&pg=PA584&lpg=PA584&dq=A+Lucky+Hit+by+Edward+Stirling&source=bl&ots=d78trzYrqb&sig=OhfBrGPDTjVxHClFd8wXZfmQ_8A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5xp7btczcAhVFJMAKHdAhBCUQ6AEwC3oECAEQAQ#v=onepage&q=A%20Lucky%20Hit%20by%20Edward%20Stirling&f=false]
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| − | Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. A History of Early Ninteenth Century Drama 1800-1850. Cambridge University Press, [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=gnc3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA396&lpg=PA396&dq=A+Lucky+Hit+by+Edward+Stirling&source=bl&ots=kdhPKnBe4z&sig=KRyfE-vql2SSN6v8iLunTG5jxz0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj5xp7btczcAhVFJMAKHdAhBCUQ6AEwDnoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q=A%20Lucky%20Hit%20by%20Edward%20Stirling&f=false]
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