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| − | ''[[Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady]]'' is a comedietta in one act by James Robinson Planché (1796-1880)[].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | According to the editorial introduction in the 1840 published edition, the play was based on a French [[burletta]] called ''[[Vouloir C'est Pouvoir]]'' by Jacques-Arsene-Francois Ancelot. Planché's English version was first performed at the Olympic Theatre, London, on the last Thursday of October, 1839 and in published by [[Samuel French]] (French's Standard Drama no LXVIII) in 1840(?).
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1859: Performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], on 7 November, with A Dead Shot (Buckstone), ''[[A Dreadful Deed]]'' (Dubois) and a "Tambourine Dance" by [[Lizzie Powell]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | Facsimile version of the original 1840 text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89099301673&view=1up&seq=5]
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| − | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 77
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