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A play first performed in on July 11, 1870, in Wallack's Theatre, New York. 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).
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A play first performed in on July 11, 1870, in Wallack's Theatre, New York, later music was added. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and often performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and a character that would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also the British musical performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895, referred to as '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' by Boonzaier (and said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, to be by Henry Hamilton).
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1895: According to  Boonzaier a musical called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895. (It is said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1980, to be a work by Henry Hamilton, but no such work has yet been traced).
  
The play was later turned into a musical.
 
  
 
Julian Mates. 1987. ''America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre'' ABC-CLIO.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=i5mFCD5qRHcC&dq=Fritz,+Our+Cousin+German+by+Charles+Gayler&source=gbs_navlinks_s]  
 
Julian Mates. 1987. ''America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre'' ABC-CLIO.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=i5mFCD5qRHcC&dq=Fritz,+Our+Cousin+German+by+Charles+Gayler&source=gbs_navlinks_s]  
 
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Revision as of 06:49, 6 October 2018

Fritz, Our Cousin German is a play by Charles Gayler (1820–92)[],

Also found as The Adventures of Fritz, Our Cousin German


A play first performed in on July 11, 1870, in Wallack's Theatre, New York, later music was added. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and often performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and a character that would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also the British musical performed in Cape Town by Charles Arnold in 1895, referred to as Captain Fritz by Boonzaier (and said by Bosman, 1980, to be by Henry Hamilton).


1895: According to Boonzaier a musical called Captain Fritz was performed in Cape Town by Charles Arnold in 1895. (It is said by Bosman, 1980, to be a work by Henry Hamilton, but no such work has yet been traced).


Julian Mates. 1987. America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre ABC-CLIO.[1] By