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| − | 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''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess] first performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869. | + | 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]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess] first performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869. |
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Revision as of 06:10, 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[2] 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess
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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