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	[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.		[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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		+	https://johannesburg1912.com/2013/07/29/theatres-in-early-johannesburg/

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	1887: The opera ''[[Maritana]]'' performed in the [[Opera House]] Cape Town by the [[Searelle Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while on an 8 month tour of the country under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]]. [[Blanche Fenton]] scored a personal triumph as "Lazarillo" in the piece, and the evening also included an interlude between acts 2 and 3 (the visiting Hungarian violinist Eduard Remenyi (1828-1898)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ede_Rem%C3%A9nyi] playing his own fantasia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(music)#:~:text=A%20fantasia%20(Italian%3A%20%5Bfanta%CB%88zi%CB%90a,of%20any%20strict%20musical%20form] on "[[The Huguenots]]").		1887: The opera ''[[Maritana]]'' performed in the [[Opera House]] Cape Town by the [[Searelle Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while on an 8 month tour of the country under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Brothers]]. [[Blanche Fenton]] scored a personal triumph as "Lazarillo" in the piece, and the evening also included an interlude between acts 2 and 3 (the visiting Hungarian violinist Eduard Remenyi (1828-1898)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ede_Rem%C3%A9nyi] playing his own fantasia[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(music)#:~:text=A%20fantasia%20(Italian%3A%20%5Bfanta%CB%88zi%CB%90a,of%20any%20strict%20musical%20form] on "[[The Huguenots]]").
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		+	1888: Performed as part of the opening season of the [[Theatre Royal]] in Johannesburg by the [[Searelle Opera Company]].

	1893: The opera ''[[Maritana]]'' performed in the [[Opera House]] Cape Town by the [[Lyric Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while touring the country at the time.		1893: The opera ''[[Maritana]]'' performed in the [[Opera House]] Cape Town by the [[Lyric Opera Company]], as part of their repertoire while touring the country at the time.

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 : Act 4 of the opera ''[[Maritana]]'' performed in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Miranda-Harper Company]] on 26 October, with acts 2 and 3 of ''[[La Somnambula]]'' (Moncrieff) and act 4 of ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' (Verdi).
-: The Webster and Boucicault version was performed  as ''[[Don Caesar de Bazan]]''  in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[The Laughing Hyena]]'' (Webster) on 23 and 24 February.
+: The Webster and Boucicault version was performed  as ''[[Don Caesar de Bazan]]''  in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by  [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[The Laughing Hyena]]'' (Webster) on 23 and 24 February.
-: The Webster and Boucicault version was performed  as ''[[Don Caesar de Bazan]]''  in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by the [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with Act 5 of ''[[Richard III]]'' (Shakespeare) on 5 June.
+: The Webster and Boucicault version was performed  as ''[[Don Caesar de Bazan]]''  in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with Act 5 of ''[[Richard III]]'' (Shakespeare) on 5 June.
 : Performed as part of the repertoire of the [[Harvey-Turner Opera Company]] when it visited the goldfields in Johannesburg  and Cape Town. The other works listed include ''[[Faust]]'', ''[[Il Trovatore]]'', ''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'', ''[[Lobgesang]]'' and ''[[Stabat Mater]]''.

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 '''''[[Mary Turner]]''''' by William Brough was specifically written for [[Steele and Norton's Christy's Minstrels]],
-'''''[[Mary Turner, or The Wicious Willin and Wictorious Wirtue]]''''' by F.C. Burnand (18**)
+'''''[[Mary Turner, or The Wicious Willin and Wictorious Wirtue]]''''' by F.C. Burnand (1867)
 '''For South African performances of the burlesques, see entries on ''[[Mary Turner]]'''''.

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 '''''[[Mary Turner, or The Wicious Willin and Wictorious Wirtue]]''''' by F.C. Burnand (18**)
-'''For South African performances, see entries on ''[[Mary Turner]]'''''.
+'''For South African performances of the burlesques, see entries on ''[[Mary Turner]]'''''.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 ===English versions===
-'''Four English versions of the French play all appeared in 1844-5:'''
+'''Three English versions of the French play all appeared in 1844-5:'''
 The first was by Gilbert Abbott a'Beckett (1811-1856) and Mark Lemon (1809-1870), entitled '''''[[Don Caesar de Bazan]]''''' (a drama in three acts), and had its première at the Princess's Theatre, London, on October 8th, 1844. Published in London by  T. H. Lacy. In 1878 the a'Beckett and Lemon version was produced as '''''[[The Comedy of Don Caesar de Bazan]]''''' by Edwin Booth, and published by Winter under this title.
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 The third English version of the story was by Charles Mathews (1803–1878) and entitled '''''[[Match for a King]]'''''. It was first done at the Haymarket in 1844.
 '''''[[Maritana]]''''' (also known as '''''[[Maritana, or Don Caesar de Bazan]]'''''), a three act opera including both spoken dialogue and some recitatives, was composed by William Vincent Wallace (1812 – 1865)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vincent_Wallace], with a libretto by Edward Fitzball (1792–1873)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fitzball]. The opera premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 15 November 1845.
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	Two burlesques, both playing on the title "Maritana", were written and performed in the 19th century:		Two burlesques, both playing on the title "Maritana", were written and performed in the 19th century:

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 ===Burlesque versions===
-Two burlesques, both playing on the title "Maritana", were written in the 19th century:
+Two burlesques, both playing on the title "Maritana", were written and performed in the 19th century:
-'''''[[Mary Turner]]''''' by William Brough (1868?) and '''''[[Mary Turner, or The Wicious Willin and Wictorious Wirtue]]''''' by F.C. Burnand (18**).
+'''''[[Mary Turner]]''''' by William Brough was specifically written for [[Steele and Norton's Christy's Minstrels]],
 '''For South African performances, see entries on ''[[Mary Turner]]'''''.

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 Two burlesques, both playing on the title "Maritana", were written in the 19th century:
-''[[Mary Turner]]'' by William Brough (1868?) and ''[[Mary Turner, or The Wicious Willin and Wictorious Wirtue]]'' by F.C. Burnand (18**). '''See entries on ''[[Mary Turner]]'''''.
+'''''[[Mary Turner]]''''' by William Brough (1868?) and '''''[[Mary Turner, or The Wicious Willin and Wictorious Wirtue]]''''' by F.C. Burnand (18**). '''See entries on ''[[Mary Turner]]'''''.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==