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by James Robinson Planché. (Also written ''[[Charles the Twelfth]]'', ''[[Charles XII]]'' or ''[[Charles the XII]]''.)  A historical drama in two acts, which opened at the  Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the 11th December, 1828 and performed  1828 – 1829.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1835: Performed by  [[Garrison Players]] (in fact the the officers of the 98th regiment), on 28 July 1835  in the [[African Theatre]],  followed by ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' (Colman Jr).
 
 
 
1845: Performed by  [[All the World's a Stage]]  on Friday 22 August, 1845  in the [[Roland Street Theatre]],  followed by ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Glengall).
 
 
 
1854: Was apparently to have been performed on 11 July 1854 by [[Garrison Players]] , to be followed by ''[[A Peculiar Position]]''. It seems this did not take place due to the illness of the stage manager, but was probably done some time later in July, with the addition of ''[[Two Bonnycastles|The Two Bonnycastles]]'' (J.M. Morton). The performances were repeated on Friday, 18 August,  now with another  addition, that  of ''[[The Honeymoon]]'' (Tobin).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: pp. 195, 408, 414
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
 
 
 
http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~nainjaun/
 
 
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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