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''[[The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden]]'' is a comedy in two acts by Shannon  
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is a comedy in two acts by Shannon  
  
''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' is a comedy in two acts by Bayard (M., Jean-François-Alfred) and Charles Shannon
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''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' is a comedy in two acts by Jean-François-Alfred Bayard (1796-1853)[].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Published by Samuel French in 1857 (Issue 196 of French's standard drama: Acting edition)
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
Translated into English as ''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' by Charles Shannon ()[]
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Translated into English as ''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' by Charles Shannon ()[], performed in The Bowery Theatre, New York in 1852 and published by Samuel French in 1857 (Issue 196 of French's standard drama: Acting edition) as ''[[The Youthful Queen]]'' (on the cover, though a fuller title, ''[[The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden]]'', appears inside the text.) The play is credited simply to "Shannon", and no mention is made of Bayard. 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden#Legacy
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden#Legacy
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Facsimile version of the 1857 English text, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175035510786&view=1up&seq=11]
  
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Youthful_Queen.html?id=O-o7AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y
 
https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Youthful_Queen.html?id=O-o7AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

Revision as of 07:07, 25 September 2020

is a comedy in two acts by Shannon 

The Youthful Queen is a comedy in two acts by Jean-François-Alfred Bayard (1796-1853)[].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English as The Youthful Queen by Charles Shannon ()[], performed in The Bowery Theatre, New York in 1852 and published by Samuel French in 1857 (Issue 196 of French's standard drama: Acting edition) as The Youthful Queen (on the cover, though a fuller title, The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden, appears inside the text.) The play is credited simply to "Shannon", and no mention is made of Bayard.

Performance history in South Africa

1862: Performed as The Youthful Queen, or Christine of Sweden by Clara Tellett and her company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 18 August, with a performance of the song "The Carpenter" by "an amateur" and An Object of Interest (Stocqueler).


Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina,_Queen_of_Sweden#Legacy

Facsimile version of the 1857 English text, Hathi Trust Digital Library[1]

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Youthful_Queen.html?id=O-o7AQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.132,

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