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Full title: ''[[Matteo Falcone; or The Brigand and Son]]''. A romantic drama in one act,  based on a popular short story ("Mateo Falcone", 1829) by Prosper Merimée (1803 – 1870). The story of a Corsican man who kills his son in the name of justice.
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#REDIRECT[[Matteo Falcone, or The Brigand and Son]]
 
 
First produced at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum, June 6th, 1836. This performance text was printed , with ''[[The Middy Ashore]]'', by John Dicks, 313 Strand, London 313. 
 
 
 
The story has been made into a short opera of the same name by the Russian composer César Cui (1906-1907) and has been filmed a number of times. 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
Performed in the [[Hope Street Theatre]] on 17 December 1850 by the [[New English Theatrical Company]] of [[W.F.H. Parker]]; with ''[[Woman's the Devil]]'' (Stirling) as  afterpiece. Apparently they did not use the English stage adaptation by Oxberry, for a translator, named "Wilson", is listed by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1928, p.419).
 
 
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateo_Falcone
 
 
 
Internet Archive: The Middy Ashore and Matteo Falcone[http://archive.org/stream/middyashoreandma00bernuoft/middyashoreandma00bernuoft_djvu.txt]
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]], 1928: p. 419
 
 
 
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