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''[[My American Cousin, or A Slight Misunderstanding]]'' is a one act play said to be by "[[a Gentleman of Cape Town]]". 

==The original text==

Described as "a Petite New Drama in 1 Act, written expressly for [[Mrs Tellett]] by [[A Gentleman of Cape Town]]". Unfortunately no further information is available on the play or the author, though  it may possibly be the same unknown person who had written the one act farce,  ''[[A Young Man in a Hurry]]'', in 1858. 

The play in turn may have been inspired by Taylor's popular three act play ''[[Our American Cousin]]'' (1858) or at least by the title of that play, unless it was a [[burlesque]] version of Taylor's work. 

No text of the play seems to have been published.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1862: performed by [[Mrs Tellett]] and her company in the  [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 23 June, 1862, as an afterpiece to ''[[Madeleine, or The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' (Stirling).  

== Sources ==


[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.131, 180

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