My Pretty Maid
My Pretty Maid is an extravaganza by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[1].
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The original text
The piece is wrongly ascribed to Gilbert by Bosman (1980, p. 414), no theatrical work by this title is to be found among lists of Gilbert's works.
There exists a widely held poster[2] depicting Edward Terry as the schoolmaster "Robert Fanshawe" when My Pretty Maid premiered at Terry's Theatre, The Strand, London, in 1902.
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Performance history in South Africa
1903: Performed by Edward Terry (1844–1912)[3] 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pretty_Druidess
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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