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''[[Josephine, The Child of the Regiment]]'' is a musical comedy by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[]. | ''[[Josephine, The Child of the Regiment]]'' is a musical comedy by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[]. | ||
| + | Also found as ''[[Josephine, The Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War]]'' and, somewhat confusingly, as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]''. | ||
| + | ==The original text== | ||
| − | + | The play is in part based on Gaetano Donizetti's two act [[opéra comique]], ''[[La fille du régiment]]'' ("The Daughter of the Regiment") with a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard. This was first performed on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse, after which it was translated into Italian and later into English. Buckstone most probably saw it in the English version at the Surrey Theatre, London, on 21 December, 1847. (The Italian version had been played at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, on 27 May, 1847). | |
| − | + | Buckstone's play was first performed at Theatre Royal, Haymarket and first published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1856. | |
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| + | It was later renamed - somewhat confusingly - ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' by some, (for example it was played with this title on August 19, 1872, by the Rotunda Vaudeville Company in in Liverpool). | ||
| − | + | ==Translations and adaptations== | |
| − | + | W.S. Gilbert wrote a [[burlesque]] adaptation of the Donizetti opera, called ''[[La Vivandière]]'', in 1867. | |
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10352199 | https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10352199 | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the "Monthly Critic and Miscellany" (p.52) in ''The Court magazine and belle assemblée [afterw.] and monthly critic and the Lady's magazine and museum'', (Volume 24), Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mUAFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA2-PA52&lpg=RA2-PA52&dq=The+Daughter+of+the+Regiment+Donizetti+Buckstone&source=bl&ots=znBeF9q8j4&sig=ACfU3U3uZgL2Uz9sVZgiBTBBhCRGmZzL0A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9t67qx-XiAhWUonEKHWbLCQUQ6AEwD3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Daughter%20of%20the%20Regiment%20Donizetti%20Buckstone&f=false] | ||
R.J. Broadbent. 1969. ''Annals of the Liverpool Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time''. B. Blom: p.295 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=czJmlUfBzNQC&pg=PA295&lpg=PA295&dq=The+Daughter+of+the+Regiment+Buckstone&source=bl&ots=pqt0367n0z&sig=ACfU3U3E_hyjt_Spg4wUp7PReGzH9ESJgw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjimvzPwOXiAhUTtnEKHeDyByIQ6AEwDXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Daughter%20of%20the%20Regiment%20Buckstone&f=false] | R.J. Broadbent. 1969. ''Annals of the Liverpool Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time''. B. Blom: p.295 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=czJmlUfBzNQC&pg=PA295&lpg=PA295&dq=The+Daughter+of+the+Regiment+Buckstone&source=bl&ots=pqt0367n0z&sig=ACfU3U3E_hyjt_Spg4wUp7PReGzH9ESJgw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjimvzPwOXiAhUTtnEKHeDyByIQ6AEwDXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Daughter%20of%20the%20Regiment%20Buckstone&f=false] | ||
Revision as of 06:09, 13 June 2019
Josephine, The Child of the Regiment is a musical comedy by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[].
Also found as Josephine, The Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War and, somewhat confusingly, as The Daughter of the Regiment.
Contents
The original text
The play is in part based on Gaetano Donizetti's two act opéra comique, La fille du régiment ("The Daughter of the Regiment") with a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard. This was first performed on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse, after which it was translated into Italian and later into English. Buckstone most probably saw it in the English version at the Surrey Theatre, London, on 21 December, 1847. (The Italian version had been played at Her Majesty's Theatre, London, on 27 May, 1847).
Buckstone's play was first performed at Theatre Royal, Haymarket and first published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1856.
It was later renamed - somewhat confusingly - The Daughter of the Regiment by some, (for example it was played with this title on August 19, 1872, by the Rotunda Vaudeville Company in in Liverpool).
Translations and adaptations
W.S. Gilbert wrote a burlesque adaptation of the Donizetti opera, called La Vivandière, in 1867.
Performance history in South Africa
1885: Performed as The Daughter of the Regiment in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced by Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler during the course of the year.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_fille_du_r%C3%A9giment
Facsimile version of Lacy's 1856 text, The Internet Archive[1] D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10352199
Facsimile version of the "Monthly Critic and Miscellany" (p.52) in The Court magazine and belle assemblée [afterw.] and monthly critic and the Lady's magazine and museum, (Volume 24), Google E-book[2]
R.J. Broadbent. 1969. Annals of the Liverpool Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. B. Blom: p.295 [3] By
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.381.
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