La Fille de Madame Angot - Revision history

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Sources

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Performance history in South Africa

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Translations and adaptations

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Performance history in South Africa

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 : Presented 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.  In this case, [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 385) ascribes the work to "F.Desprez", which seems to indicate that the company used the English version of the libretto  written by Frank Desprez.
 == Sources ==
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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. 385-6, 438
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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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.)
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 385
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 385-6, 438
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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−	''[[La Fille de Madame Angot]]'' ("The daughter of Madame Angot") is an opéra-comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lecocq], with a libretto by Louis François Clairville (1811-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairville_(Louis-Fran%C3%A7ois_Nicola%C3%AFe)], Paul Siraudin (1813-1883)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Siraudin] and Victor Koning (1842-1894).	+	''[[La Fille de Madame Angot]]'' ("The daughter of Madame Angot") is an opéra-comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lecocq], with a libretto by Louis François Clairville (1811-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairville_(Louis-Fran%C3%A7ois_Nicola%C3%AFe)], Paul Siraudin (1813-1883)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Siraudin] and Victor Koning (1842-1894)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Koning].

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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−	''[[La Fille de Madame Angot]]'' ("The daughter of Madame Angot") is an opéra-comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lecocq], with a libretto by Louis François Clairville (1811-1879), Paul Siraudin (1813-1883) and Victor Koning (1842-1894).	+	''[[La Fille de Madame Angot]]'' ("The daughter of Madame Angot") is an opéra-comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lecocq], with a libretto by Louis François Clairville (1811-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairville_(Louis-Fran%C3%A7ois_Nicola%C3%AFe)], Paul Siraudin (1813-1883)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Siraudin] and Victor Koning (1842-1894).

	==The original text==		==The original text==

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−	''[[La Fille de Madame Angot]]'' ("The daughter of Madame Angot") is an opéra-comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Charles Lecocq ()[], with a libretto by Louis François Clairville (1811-1879), Paul Siraudin (1813-1883) and Victor Koning (1842-1894).	+	''[[La Fille de Madame Angot]]'' ("The daughter of Madame Angot") is an opéra-comique[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_comique] in three acts by Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lecocq], with a libretto by Louis François Clairville (1811-1879), Paul Siraudin (1813-1883) and Victor Koning (1842-1894).

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Presented 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. According to [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 385) the company used the English text written by Frank Desprez.
+: Presented 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.  In this case, [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980, p. 385) ascribes the work to "F.Desprez", which seems to indicate that the company used the English version of the libretto  written by Frank Desprez.
 == Sources ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Performed in the French original in London during May of 1873, but soon various English translations of the text were done. For example, three different productions opened in London in 1873 and three more the following year and five in 1875. Among the prominent versions were those by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron], H.B. Farnie ()[] and Frank Desprez (1853-1916)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Desprez].
+Performed in the French original in London during May of 1873, but soon various English translations of the text were done. For example, three different productions opened in London in 1873 and three more the following year and five in 1875. Among the prominent versions were those by Henry James Byron (1835-1884)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Byron], Henry Brougham Farnie (1836–1889)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Brougham_Farnie] and Frank Desprez (1853-1916)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Desprez].
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 Composed in 1872, and first performed in Brussels at the Théâtre des Fantai-
 sies Pauisiennes on 4 December, 1872 and At the Théâtre des
-Folies Dramatiques on 31 February, 1873. The opera was very popular at the time and its use of popular slang influenced the work of other composers, such as Gilbert and Sullivan.
+Folies Dramatiques on 31 February, 1873. The opera was very popular at the time has often been repeated. Its risqué theme and clever use of popular slang influenced the work of other composers of the time, such as Gilbert and Sullivan.
 The libretto was published in Paris by Tresse, 1873 and the music by Brandus et Cie in the same year. Revised in 1888.