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| − | + | ''[[Bobadil]]'' ("braggart") is a comic opera in three acts by [[Luscombe Searelle]] (1853-1907)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luscombe_Searelle], with a libretto by [[Walter Parke]]. | |
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| + | Based on ''The Sleeper Awakened'', a story from the ''Arabian Nights'', it also been described as [[opera bouffe]] in some cases, and was first produced at the New Opera House, Sydney by the Majeroni and Wilson Comic Opera Company on 22 November 1884. | ||
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| + | Published in Sydney by Jas Miller & Co., 1884. | ||
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| + | The opera had 223 performances in Australia, before being presented in South Africa. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1887: Presented in by the [[Searelle Opera Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town as part of a popular six-month season of opera. Also toured to Port Elizabeth. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19446898?q&versionId=22851227 | ||
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| + | https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C595244 | ||
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| + | [[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
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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. 385 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:20, 26 April 2018
Bobadil ("braggart") is a comic opera in three acts by Luscombe Searelle (1853-1907)[1], with a libretto by Walter Parke.
Contents
The original text
Based on The Sleeper Awakened, a story from the Arabian Nights, it also been described as opera bouffe in some cases, and was first produced at the New Opera House, Sydney by the Majeroni and Wilson Comic Opera Company on 22 November 1884.
Published in Sydney by Jas Miller & Co., 1884.
The opera had 223 performances in Australia, before being presented in South Africa.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1887: Presented in by the Searelle Opera Company at the Theatre Royal, Cape Town as part of a popular six-month season of opera. Also toured to Port Elizabeth.
Sources
https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19446898?q&versionId=22851227
https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C595244
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 385
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
