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1895: A musical called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895.  
 
1895: A musical called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895.  
  
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=''''[[Captain Fritz]]'', a musical by Henry Hamilton=
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==The original text==
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Possibly also the British musical performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]] in 1895, referred to as '''''[[Captain Fritz]]''''' by [[D.C. Boonzaier|Boonzaier]] (1923) and said by [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] (1980), to be a musical play by Henry Hamilton.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1895: According to Boonzaier (1923) a musical called ''[[Captain Fritz]]'' was performed in Cape Town by [[Charles Arnold]].
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= Sources =
  
 
Julian Mates. 1987. ''America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre'' ABC-CLIO.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=i5mFCD5qRHcC&dq=Fritz,+Our+Cousin+German+by+Charles+Gayler&source=gbs_navlinks_s]  
 
Julian Mates. 1987. ''America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre'' ABC-CLIO.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=i5mFCD5qRHcC&dq=Fritz,+Our+Cousin+German+by+Charles+Gayler&source=gbs_navlinks_s]  

Revision as of 07:04, 6 October 2018

The "Fritz" plays is a reference to a series of plays and musicals that derived

It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and often performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and a character that would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays.

Fritz, Our Cousin German by Charles Gayler

Fritz, Our Cousin German is a musical play by Charles Gayler (1820–92)[],

Also found as The Adventures of Fritz, Our Cousin German

The original text

A play first performed in on July 11, 1870, in Wallack's Theatre, New York, later music was added. It contains the character "Fritz van Vonderblinkenstoffen", based on and often performed by Joseph Kline Emmett, who had developed the "Fritz" character in minstrel variety shows, and a character that would become the source of a range of "Fritz" plays. Possibly also the British musical performed in Cape Town by Charles Arnold in 1895, referred to as Captain Fritz by Boonzaier (1923) and said by Bosman (1980), to be a musical play by Henry Hamilton.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: A musical called Captain Fritz was performed in Cape Town by Charles Arnold in 1895.



Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

''Captain Fritz, a musical by Henry Hamilton

The original text

Possibly also the British musical performed in Cape Town by Charles Arnold in 1895, referred to as Captain Fritz by Boonzaier (1923) and said by Bosman (1980), to be a musical play by Henry Hamilton.


Performance history in South Africa

1895: According to Boonzaier (1923) a musical called Captain Fritz was performed in Cape Town by Charles Arnold.


Sources

Julian Mates. 1987. America's Musical Stage: Two Hundred Years of Musical Theatre ABC-CLIO.[1]

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 1923. (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: pp. 402, 407

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