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Published as Volume 405 of Dicks' standard plays,  Volume 1 of Lacy's acting edition and in Samuel French's American Drama (no LXXIX), 1860 and by Thomas Hailes Lacy, London, 1866.  
 
Published as Volume 405 of Dicks' standard plays,  Volume 1 of Lacy's acting edition and in Samuel French's American Drama (no LXXIX), 1860 and by Thomas Hailes Lacy, London, 1866.  
  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Haynes_Bayly
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Performed and published as '''''[[The Rough Diamond]]''''' in America.  
  
Facsimile version of the 1860 Samuel French edition, Google E-Book[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=49BZAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false]
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==The original text==
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Apparently first performed as ''[[The Rough Diamond]]'' at Niblo's Theatre in 1841 and the Broadway Theatre in 1850. First performed as ''[[A Rough Diamond]]'' at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, on 8 November 1847 and at the Haymarket in the same year.  Published as ''[[A Rough Diamond]]'' by T.H. Lacy in 1847 and as ''[[The Rough Diamond]]'' by Dick and Fitzgerald (1841?) and Samuel French as No XLI of French's Minor Drama in 1850.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1871: Performed as ''[[The Rough Diamond]]'' by the visiting [[Bijou Troupe]] in the [[Cape Town Institute]] building on 20 March, with ''[[The Swiss Cottage]]''.
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== Sources ==
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http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Buckstone%2C%20John%20Baldwin%2C%201802%2D1879
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of ''[[A Rough Diamond]]'' (nd), ''The Digital Archive''[https://archive.org/details/roughdiamondcomi00buckuoft]
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Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of ''[[The Rough Diamond]]'' (1850), ''The Digital Archive''[https://archive.org/details/roughdiamondfarc00buck]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp 253-4.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Revision as of 17:26, 18 April 2018

The Swiss Cottage, or Why Don't She Marry? is a vaudeville in one act by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)[1]

The text also referred to simply as The Swiss Cottage, and on occasion called a musical burletta.

First performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, London, followed by performances at various American theatres. Published as Volume 405 of Dicks' standard plays, Volume 1 of Lacy's acting edition and in Samuel French's American Drama (no LXXIX), 1860 and by Thomas Hailes Lacy, London, 1866.

Performed and published as The Rough Diamond in America.

The original text

Apparently first performed as The Rough Diamond at Niblo's Theatre in 1841 and the Broadway Theatre in 1850. First performed as A Rough Diamond at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London, on 8 November 1847 and at the Haymarket in the same year. Published as A Rough Diamond by T.H. Lacy in 1847 and as The Rough Diamond by Dick and Fitzgerald (1841?) and Samuel French as No XLI of French's Minor Drama in 1850.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1871: Performed as The Rough Diamond by the visiting Bijou Troupe in the Cape Town Institute building on 20 March, with The Swiss Cottage.

Sources

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Buckstone%2C%20John%20Baldwin%2C%201802%2D1879

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

Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of A Rough Diamond (nd), The Digital Archive[2]

Facsimile version of the Samuel French text of The Rough Diamond (1850), The Digital Archive[3]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp 253-4.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

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Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

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