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''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' is an [[extravaganza]] by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert].
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''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' is a comedy by Basil Hood (1864-1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hood].  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Though ascribed to Gilbert by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works. If in fact by Gilbert, this was either an unpublished work, or possibly an adapted/renamed version of the [[extravaganza]] ''[[The Pretty Druidess, or The Mother, the Maid, and the Mistletoe Bough]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess], a piece was loosely based on Vincenzo Bellini's 1831 opera ''[[Norma]]'', with dialogue in rhyming couplets full of complicated word-play and dreadful puns. First performed at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, on 19 June, 1869.
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The play tells of "Robert Fanshawe", a meek schoolmaster, and his daughter, who is courted by two lovers who may, or may not, help her father's school. It premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, with Terry in the role of the schoolmaster. There exists a widely held poster[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136] of Terry in this role.
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For some reason the piece is wrongly ascribed to W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert] by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980, p. 414), and described as an [[extravaganza]] - however no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works.  
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However, there exists a widely held poster[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136] depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Fanshawe" in a piece called ''[[My Pretty Maid]]'' that premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, which suggests that this is another play altorgether.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=Edward+Terry+My+Pretty+Maid&source=bl&ots=1QJFQW2GdO&sig=ACfU3U1OyoMgKygMMXIyG9zue0Rx0eHAWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6IDVttHsAhWFTRUIHVk2AKs4ChDoATACegQIARAC#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Terry%20My%20Pretty%20Maid&f=false]
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J.P. Wearing. 2013. ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. (Second, revised edition, p. 95). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=Edward+Terry+My+Pretty+Maid&source=bl&ots=1QJFQW2GdO&sig=ACfU3U1OyoMgKygMMXIyG9zue0Rx0eHAWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl6IDVttHsAhWFTRUIHVk2AKs4ChDoATACegQIARAC#v=onepage&q=Edward%20Terry%20My%20Pretty%20Maid&f=false]
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hood
  
 
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136
 
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess
 
  
 
http://www.wsgilbert.co.uk/gilbert-s-plays/
 
http://www.wsgilbert.co.uk/gilbert-s-plays/

Latest revision as of 06:52, 26 October 2020

My Pretty Maid is a comedy by Basil Hood (1864-1917)[1].

The original text

The play tells of "Robert Fanshawe", a meek schoolmaster, and his daughter, who is courted by two lovers who may, or may not, help her father's school. It premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902, with Terry in the role of the schoolmaster. There exists a widely held poster[2] of Terry in this role.

For some reason the piece is wrongly ascribed to W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[3] by Bosman (1980, p. 414), and described as an extravaganza - however no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1903: Performed by Edward Terry (1844–1912)[4] and his company as part of a season of plays in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, during April. Terry played the schoolmaster "Fanshawe".

Sources

J.P. Wearing. 2013. The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. (Second, revised edition, p. 95). Scarecrow Press, Google E-book[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Hood

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/edward-terry-as-fanshawe-in-my-pretty-maid-terry-s-theatre-news-photo/171088136

http://www.wsgilbert.co.uk/gilbert-s-plays/

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.414

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