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The shortened title ''[[The French Spy]]'' occurs in a variety of combinations in various sources.
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''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]'' is a "great historical military drama" by
 
 
 
Also found as ''[[The Arab of the Desert, or The French Spy]]'' in Allardyce Nicoll's  with no author given.
 
 
 
''[[The French Spy]]'' (or ''[[The French Spy, or The Siege of Constantina]]'' by J.T. Haynes was published by French in New York in 1830.
 
 
 
==The original text==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Possibly a version (or adaptation?) of ''[[The French Spy, or The Siege of Constantina]]'' by John Thomas Haines.
 
 
 
S. French, 1861
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
 
 
1866: Performed as ''[[The French Spy, or The Wild Arab of the Desert]]'' and in Cape Town by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] on 9 and 11 April, with [[Madame Duret]]  portraying three characters, as well as six in the accompanying play, ''[[The Actress Of All Work, or My Country Cousin]]'' (Oxberry). Billed a "great historical military drama" and ascribed to "Aubert" by F.C.L. Bosman (1980, p. 203).
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the 1861 version of ''[[The French Spy, or The Siege of Constantina]]'', Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=qJVDAQAAMAAJ&q=The+French+Spy+by+John+Thomas+Haines%22&dq=The+French+Spy+by+John+Thomas+Haines%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3wOH7z7LVAhUnD8AKHQpfDXUQ6AEIIjAA]
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the "Handslist of plays produced between 1800 and 1850" from Allardyce Nicoll. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama'' (Vol II 1800-1850): ''Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/stream/historyofearlyni030428mbp/historyofearlyni030428mbp_djvu.txt]
 
 
 
Facsimile version of the "Handslist of plays produced between 1800 and 1850" from Allardyce Nicoll. ''A History of Early Nineteenth Century Drama'' (Vol II 1800-1850): ''Internet Archive''[https://archive.org/details/historyofearlyni030428mbp]
 
 
 
Daphne Brooks. 2006. ''Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910''. Duke University Press: pp. 183-194[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=TZJknFuoZvoC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=The+Arab+of+the+Desert,+or+The+French+Spy&source=bl&ots=S9EJ9CETP8&sig=77Bceuuj_2RGQQTz2WfABCJXETw&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjVneqZ1rLVAhVlBcAKHV5zDvsQ6AEIIDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Arab%20of%20the%20Desert%2C%20or%20The%20French%20Spy&f=false]
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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