The Daughter of the Regiment
Josephine, The Child of the Regiment is a musical comedy by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[].
Also found as The Daughter of the Regiment.
Contents
The original text
First performed at Theatre Royal, Haymarket and published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1856.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1885: Performed as The Daughter of the Regiment in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced by Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler during the course of the year.
Sources
Facsimile version of Lacy's 1856 text, The Internet Archive[1] 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. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.381.
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