A Game of Chance
A Game of Chance is a comic opera in one act by Seymour Barab.
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The original text
Set in a garden with a bench, a Representative, the eternal messenger of fate, brings to each of three young women her dearest wish: One would like to be wealthy; one would like to be famous; and one would like to have a lover in her life. Each discovers she has not asked for enough: the rich woman misses real friends; the famous author yearns for love; and the third young woman finds marriage a tedious chore. Even the Representative is dissatisfied with his life: He needs an assistant to help him with his tough job. The moral of this comic opera: We all want too much or too little.
Game of Chance premiered in January, 1957 at the Augustana College Opera Workshop, in Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history of the opera in South Africa
1976: Presented by PACOFS Opera.
Sources
https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/15172/game-of-chance
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