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''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' is an English adaptation,  by James Robinson Planché, of a French melodrama, ''[[Le Vampire]]'' by Pierre Carmouche, Charles Nodier and Achille de Jouffry, with music by Alexandre Piccini.  
 
''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' is an English adaptation,  by James Robinson Planché, of a French melodrama, ''[[Le Vampire]]'' by Pierre Carmouche, Charles Nodier and Achille de Jouffry, with music by Alexandre Piccini.  
  
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''[[Le Vampire]]'' is a French melodrama by Pierre Carmouche, Charles Nodier and Achille de Jouffry, with music by Alexandre Piccini.
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'''See ''[[Le Vampire]]'''''  
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== The original text ==
 
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The play was  inspired by John Polidori’s tale, ''The Vampyre'', published in 1819 and itself based on the piece ''Fragment of a Novel'', written by Lord Byron in 1816. The French stage adaptation was first performed in Paris, on 13 June 1820.
 
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== Translations and adaptations ==
 
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Adapted into English as ''[[The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles]]'' by  James Robinson Planché, and described as described as "A Romantic Melodrama in two acts, preceded by an introductory vision". The adaptation was first performed at the English Opera House (Lyceum) on 9 August 1820, and published the same year by John Lowndes in London.
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
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1837: Performed in English by the [[Private Amateur Company]] on 31 July 1837 in the [[Cape Town Theatre]], alongside ''[[The Miller's Maid]]'' (Saville).
 
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1838: The English play repeated by the [[Private Amateur Company]]  on Monday 9 April, 1838, alongside ''[[Love in humble Life]]'' (Payne) and ''[[Amateurs and Actors]]'' (Peake).
 
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== Sources ==
 
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.  207,
 
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http://www.unipr.it/arpa/dipling/GT/Seminari/cataldo.html
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Planch%C3%A9
 
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Nunzia Cataldo, ''THEA : Teaching&Study Aids'' [http://www.unipr.it/arpa/dipling/GT/Seminari/cataldo.html])
 
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Donald Roy. 1986. Note on the sources, in ''Plays by James Robinson Planché: The Vampire, the Garrick Fever, Beauty and the Beast, Foutunio and His Seven Gifted Servants, The Golden Fleece, The Camp at the Olympic, The Discreet Princess''.  Cambridge: CUP Archive: page 43. 
 
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
  
 
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The Vampire, or The Bride of the Isles is an English adaptation, by James Robinson Planché, of a French melodrama, Le Vampire by Pierre Carmouche, Charles Nodier and Achille de Jouffry, with music by Alexandre Piccini.

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