The Maid of Croissey, or Theresa's Vow

The Maid of Croissey, or Theresa's Vow[1] is a drama in two acts by Mrs. Catherine Gore ()[],

The original text

First produced in London at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, July 20th, 1835, and published as No. 339. Dicks' Standard Plays.

Translations and adaptations

It appears that Mrs Gore's play may be the original work, subsequently performed under a variety of titles (and possibly adapted) in various parts of the world. For example there are references to a play entitled Theresa's Vows, or The Cross of Gold[2] and in South Africa The Cross of Gold, or The Orphan's Vow (or simply The Cross of Gold).

The assumption is supported by the fact that there are references to a "Gold Cross" in Mrs Gore's play.

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed as The Cross of Gold, or The Orphan's Vow (no author credited) on 22 June in the Cape Town Theatre, Cape Town, by the Sefton Parry company, with a dance by Miss Powell and Used Up (Boucicault).

1876: Performed as The Cross of Gold (no author credited) on 2 November in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by the Disney Roebuck company, under the temporary management of C. Wiltstone. Also played was Checkmate (Halliday).

Sources

Full text of "The maid of Croissey [or, Theresa's vow; a drama in two acts] by Mrs. Charles Gore", The Internet Archive [3]

R.J. Broadbent. 1969. Annals of the Liverpool Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: p. 383[4]

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.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [5]: pp. 80, 343

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