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''[[Josephine, The Child of the Regiment]]'' is a musical comedy by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[].
 
''[[Josephine, The Child of the Regiment]]'' is a musical comedy by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[].
  
Also found as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]''.
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Also found as ''[[Josephine, The Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War]]'' and as ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]''.
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
First performed at Theatre Royal, Haymarket and published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1856.
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First performed at Theatre Royal, Haymarket and first published in London by [[Thomas Hailes Lacy]] in 1856.
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It was later renamed ''[[The Daughter of the Regiment]]'' by some, (for example it was played with this title on August 19, 1872, by the Rotunda Vaudeville Company in in Liverpool).  
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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Facsimile version of Lacy's 1856 text, The [[Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/josephinechildof00buck/page/n2]
 
Facsimile version of Lacy's 1856 text, The [[Internet Archive]][https://archive.org/details/josephinechildof00buck/page/n2]
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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R.J. Broadbent. 1969. ''Annals of the Liverpool Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time''.  B. Blom: p.295 [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=czJmlUfBzNQC&pg=PA295&lpg=PA295&dq=The+Daughter+of+the+Regiment+Buckstone&source=bl&ots=pqt0367n0z&sig=ACfU3U3E_hyjt_Spg4wUp7PReGzH9ESJgw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjimvzPwOXiAhUTtnEKHeDyByIQ6AEwDXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Daughter%20of%20the%20Regiment%20Buckstone&f=false]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.381.
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.381.

Revision as of 05:32, 13 June 2019

Josephine, The Child of the Regiment is a musical comedy by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[].


Also found as Josephine, The Child of the Regiment, or The Fortune of War and as The Daughter of the Regiment.

The original text

First performed at Theatre Royal, Haymarket and first published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1856.

It was later renamed The Daughter of the Regiment by some, (for example it was played with this title on August 19, 1872, by the Rotunda Vaudeville Company in in Liverpool).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1885: Performed as The Daughter of the Regiment in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, produced by Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler during the course of the year.

Sources

Facsimile version of Lacy's 1856 text, The Internet Archive[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.)

R.J. Broadbent. 1969. Annals of the Liverpool Stage, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. B. Blom: p.295 [2] By

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.381.

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