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Revision as of 05:44, 17 June 2019
Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment is a play by Edward Stirling (1809-1894)[1].
Also referred to simply as The Daughter of the Regiment at times.
Contents
The original text
Probably one of a number of works based (directly or indirectly) on La fille du régiment, the 1840 opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti ().
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1862: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Clara Tellett and her company on 16th June, with Hunting a Turtle, or Trust a Woman's Wit (Selby ). Tellet (or the Cape press at the time) refers to the author as "E. Sterling".
1862: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Clara Tellett and her company on 23rd June, with My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding ("A Gentleman of Cape Town").
Sources
http://www.victorianweb.org/mt/adaptations/stirling.html
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 130-1, 134,
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