The Duenna
The Duenna is a three-act comic opera by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with music by Thomas Linley the elder and Thomas Linley the younger.
The original text
First performed in the Covent Garden Theatre on 21 November 1775 and became one of the most successful operas of its time.
Performances in South Africa
1825: A production was planned for rehearsal by the English Theatricals in Cape Town in July, but it appears that the show was then postponed (and eventually cancelled) when a certain Mr T. Hammond, who was apparently part of the cast members of the proposed production, unhappily committed suicide in July 1825.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duenna
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