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''[[Le Muletier de Tolède]]'' is a French [[opéra-comique]] in three acts by Adolphe Adam ()[], with a libretto by Adolphe d' Ennery (1811-1899)[] and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe, 1811–1879)[].

(or '''''[[The Rose of Castile]]'''''), a comic opera in three acts, with new original music by Michael William Balfe, to an English-language libretto by Augustus Glossop Harris and Edmund Falconer, after the libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe (1811–1879)) for Adolphe Adam's ''[[Le muletier de Tolède]]'' (1854). It was premiered on 29 October 1857, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

==The original French text==

First Performance 1854-12-16, Paris
First Publication 1854

==Translations and adaptations==

The libretto of the French work became the basis for ''[[The Rose of Castille]]'', a new English opera with original music by Michael William Balfe ()[], and the French libretto translated into English by Augustus Glossop Harris ()[] and Edmund Falconer ()[]. It premiered on 29 October 1857, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

A burlesque version of the English text, ''[[The Rows of Castille]]'' (or ''[[The Rows of Castile]]'') was written by Conrad Theodore Marriott Edwardes (fl. 1870-1877)[], and first performed originally performed in Brighton, England, on 4 March, 1872. in 18

(or '''''[[The Rose of Castile]]'''''), a comic opera in three acts, with new original music by Michael William Balfe, to an English-language libretto by Augustus Glossop Harris and Edmund Falconer, after the libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe (1811–1879)) for Adolphe Adam's ''[[Le muletier de Tolède]]'' (1854). It was premiered on 29 October 1857, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

===Burlesque version===

Conrad Theodore Marriott Edwardes (fl. 1870-1877)[] wrote a burlesque version of the
English version of the comic opera, calling it ''[[The Rows of Castille]]'' (also found as ''[[The Rows of Castile]]''). '''The playful title of the burlesque probably derives from the fact that the opera itself was at the time of its first performance often referred to as "Rows of Cast Steel" and would become the subject of a punning riddle about Balfe's successful opera. The riddle first started circulating about six years after the opera's first performance (i.e. "Question: What opera is like a railway line (or tramway line)? Answer: ''Rows of Cast steel''"), but was later made famous by James Joyce's use of it in a scene in ''Ullyses''[http://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-allusions/rose-of-castile], and in some ways has become more enduring than Edwardes's the play.

''[[The Rows of Castille]]'' was originally performed in Brighton, England, on 4 March, 1872. It does not appear to have been performed much afterwards (except by [[Disney Roebuck]]'s company apparently) and the text was not published as far as can be ascertained.

It was a burlesque of '''The playful title of the burlesque probably derives from the fact that the opera itself was at the time of its first performance often referred to as "Rows of Cast Steel" and would become the subject of a punning riddle about Balfe's successful opera. The riddle first started circulating about six years after the opera's first performance (i.e. "Question: What opera is like a railway line (or tramway line)? Answer: ''Rows of Cast steel''"), but was later made famous by James Joyce's use of it in a scene in ''Ullyses''[http://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-allusions/rose-of-castile], and in some ways has become more enduring than Edwardes's the play.

In his advertising for his first performance of the work in South Africa, [[Disney Roebuck]] credits C. Edwardes as the author, but claims that it was a "burlesque written expressly for.. [his].. company". This may be so, or it may also have been an ''adaptation'' of Edwardes's play for the company.

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1875: Performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 25 March, and billed as a "burlesque written expressly for this Co.". It was played as an afterpiece to ''[[David Garrick]]'' (Robertson).

1875: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 1 April, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood).

== Sources ==

https://imslp.org/wiki/Le_muletier_de_Tol%C3%A8de_(Adam%2C_Adolphe)

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press: p.354[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA354&lpg=PA354&dq=The+Rows+of+Castille+is+a+play+by+Charles+Edwardes&source=bl&ots=j0c5nqG4pA&sig=ACfU3U0ZdRpw_X5dky9n42fTMyEYVsbuYw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8h9nxvPniAhVVoXEKHR2IATgQ6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Rows%20of%20Castille%20is%20a%20play%20by%20Charles%20Edwardes&f=false]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_of_Castille

William Adams. 1891. ''A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody'' (Issue 5 of The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour, Vol. V). Henry and Company[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=9oclDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT198&lpg=PT198&dq=The+Rows+of+Castille++burlesque&source=bl&ots=XN6SGrhdNX&sig=ACfU3U3GSmq3v4ySFNy4r3st8kPvrOZjTw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjp04WPyfniAhVnVBUIHacoBPkQ6AEwCnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Rows%20of%20Castille%20%20burlesque&f=false]

http://www.jjon.org/joyce-s-allusions/rose-of-castile

[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in English as in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 25 March, and billed as a "burlesque written expressly for this Co.". It was played as an afterpiece to ''[[David Garrick]]'' (Robertson).
+As far as ascertained to date, no performance of Adam's French piece was given in South Africa, but both the English opera and the burlesque versions based on it have been done on occasion.
-: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 1 April, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood).
+'''For information on ALL versions done in South Africa, see the entry on ''[[The Rose of Castille]]'''''
 == Sources ==

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	(or '''''[[The Rose of Castile]]'''''), a comic opera in three acts, with new original music by Michael William Balfe, to an English-language libretto by Augustus Glossop Harris and Edmund Falconer, after the libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe (1811–1879)) for Adolphe Adam's ''[[Le muletier de Tolède]]'' (1854). It was premiered on 29 October 1857, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.		(or '''''[[The Rose of Castile]]'''''), a comic opera in three acts, with new original music by Michael William Balfe, to an English-language libretto by Augustus Glossop Harris and Edmund Falconer, after the libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe (1811–1879)) for Adolphe Adam's ''[[Le muletier de Tolède]]'' (1854). It was premiered on 29 October 1857, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

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	(or '''''[[The Rose of Castile]]'''''), a comic opera in three acts, with new original music by Michael William Balfe, to an English-language libretto by Augustus Glossop Harris and Edmund Falconer, after the libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe (1811–1879)) for Adolphe Adam's ''[[Le muletier de Tolède]]'' (1854). It was premiered on 29 October 1857, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.		(or '''''[[The Rose of Castile]]'''''), a comic opera in three acts, with new original music by Michael William Balfe, to an English-language libretto by Augustus Glossop Harris and Edmund Falconer, after the libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe (1811–1879)) for Adolphe Adam's ''[[Le muletier de Tolède]]'' (1854). It was premiered on 29 October 1857, at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

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 ''[[Le Muletier de Tolède]]'' is a French [[opéra-comique]] in three acts by Adolphe Adam ()[], with a libretto by Adolphe d' Ennery (1811-1899)[] and Clairville (alias of Louis-François Nicolaïe, 1811–1879)[].
 ==The original French text==
-First Performance	1854-12-16, Paris
+The French piece was first performed in Paris at the on 16 December, 1854 and published in the same year.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 A burlesque version of the English text, ''[[The Rows of Castille]]'' (or  ''[[The Rows of Castile]]'') was written by Conrad Theodore Marriott Edwardes (fl. 1870-1877)[], and first performed originally performed in Brighton, England, on 4 March, 1872.   in 18
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 25 March, and billed as a "burlesque written expressly for this Co.". It was played as an afterpiece to ''[[David Garrick]]'' (Robertson).
+: Performed in English as in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, by [[Disney Roebuck]] and company on 25 March, and billed as a "burlesque written expressly for this Co.". It was played as an afterpiece to ''[[David Garrick]]'' (Robertson).
 : Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town, on 1 April, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood).