The Wandering Scholar
The Wandering Scholar is musical comedy in 1 act; with music by William Henry Bell and libretto by Clifford Bax.
Contents
The original text
Based on The Wandering Scholars by Helen Waddell.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1935: Presented by the South African College of Music, conducted by the composer, with William Pickerill.
Sources
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
Sjoerd Alkema. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". University of Cape Town. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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