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Revision as of 06:02, 26 October 2020
My Pretty Maid is an extravaganza by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[1].
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The original text
No theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works. It is possibly a version of the extravaganza The Pretty Druidess, or The Mother, the Maid, and the Mistletoe Bough first performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1903: Performed by Edward Terry and his company as part of a season of plays in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, during April.
Sources
http://www.wsgilbert.co.uk/gilbert-s-plays/
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 Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.414
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