Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment

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.

The original text

Clearly one of a number of works based (directly or indirectly) on La fille du régiment, the 1840 opéra comique by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)[2]. The anonymous reviewer of the 1862 Cape Town performances, refers to the play as La fille du régiment and laments the lack of Donizetti's music in the performance. (Het Volksblad, 19 June 1862)

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, 134-5.

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