Le Chalet

Le Chalet is an opéra comique in one act by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861), Mélesville (1787-1865) and Adolphe Adam(1803-1856).

The original text
The French libretto was written by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) and Mélesville (1787-1865) after the singspiel Jery und Bätely by Goethe, and music by Adolphe Adam(1803-1856). First performed at the Opéra-Comique, Salle de la Bourse, Paris on 25 September 1834.

Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839) as The Swiss Chalet, or Why don't she Marry?, with music by Arthur Edward Shelden Seguin (1809-1852).

Also known in English simply as The Swiss Chalet or Why don't she Marry?.

Performance history in South Africa
1857: Performed as as Why don't She Marry? for the opening production in Sefton Parry's first wooden theatre in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 14 September (along with Morton's two plays A Kiss in the Dark and A Thumping Legacy).

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