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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1862: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 16th June, with ''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]'' (Selby ).
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1862: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 16th June, with ''[[Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit]]'' (Selby ). Tellet (or the Cape press at the time) refers to the author as "E. Sterling".  
  
 
1862: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 23rd June, with ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' ("A Gentleman of Cape Town").
 
1862: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Clara Tellett]] and her company on 23rd June, with ''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' ("A Gentleman of Cape Town").

Revision as of 05:37, 17 June 2019

Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment is a play by Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[1].

Also referred to simply as The Daughter of the Regiment at times.

The original text

Probably a play based (directly or indirectly) on La fille du régiment, an opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti (1840).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Clara Tellett and her company on 16th June, with Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit (Selby ). Tellet (or the Cape press at the time) refers to the author as "E. Sterling".

1862: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Clara Tellett and her company on 23rd June, with My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding ("A Gentleman of Cape Town").

Sources

http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 130-1, 134,

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