The Bride of Lammermoor - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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−	1866: Performed as ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' and ascribed to Calcraft) in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] ([[Theatre Royal]]) by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] on 30 April, with as an afterpiece ''[[Sam's Arrival]]'' (Oxenford)	+	1866: Performed as ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' (and ascribed to Calcraft) in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] ([[Theatre Royal]]) by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] on 30 April, with as an afterpiece ''[[Sam's Arrival]]'' (Oxenford)
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−	1895: ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' was performed by the [[Ancarina Massimimi Italian Opera Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, early in the year. Though the company's performances in its extensive repertoire were considered excellent performers by Boonzaier (1923), he says that the company failed to gain much public support and that the entire undertaking was "a disastrous failure".

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	1866: Performed as ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' and ascribed to Calcraft) in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] ([[Theatre Royal]]) by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] on 30 April, with as an afterpiece ''[[Sam's Arrival]]'' (Oxenford)		1866: Performed as ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' and ascribed to Calcraft) in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] ([[Theatre Royal]]) by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] on 30 April, with as an afterpiece ''[[Sam's Arrival]]'' (Oxenford)
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		+	1895: ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' was performed by the [[Ancarina Massimimi Italian Opera Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, early in the year. Though the company's performances in its extensive repertoire were considered excellent performers by Boonzaier (1923), he says that the company failed to gain much public support and that the entire undertaking was "a disastrous failure".

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 Other versions of the story include ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor, or The Spectre at the Fountain]]'' by C. Dibdin (first performed at the Surrey Theatre, 5 July 1819) and an anonymous play put on at Astly's Circus the in the same year. (See for example, Allardyce Nicoll (2009)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mgSZjOrtHZgC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=The+Bride+of+Lammermoor+Dibdin&source=bl&ots=yYFp2HpMFv&sig=VKMLVm-v8p4OyAnl24ReAb9OgZE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisubKyrYTbAhUGe8AKHeVLDVQQ6AEIVTAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Bride%20of%20Lammermoor%20Dibdin&f=false] for more on the various versions.)
-The original story is also the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''.
+The original story is also the basis for the libretto by Salvatore Cammarano (1801-1852)[https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Cammarano] for ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'',  an Italian opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1838)[https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Donizetti]. The opera was first performed to acclaim on September 26, 1835 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Italy.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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−	''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' is a play in five acts by John William Calcraft (pseudonym of John William Cole)[].	+	''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' is a play in five acts by John William Calcraft, (''pseudonym'' of John William Cole, 1792–1870).

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

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−	1866: Performed in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] ([[Theatre Royal]]) by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] on 30 April, with as an afterpiece ''[[Sam's Arrival]]'' (Oxenford)	+	1866: Performed as ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' and ascribed to Calcraft) in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]] ([[Theatre Royal]]) by the [[Le Roy and Duret Company]] on 30 April, with as an afterpiece ''[[Sam's Arrival]]'' (Oxenford)

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	Other versions of the story include ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor, or The Spectre at the Fountain]]'' by C. Dibdin (first performed at the Surrey Theatre, 5 July 1819) and an anonymous play put on at Astly's Circus the in the same year. (See for example, Allardyce Nicoll (2009)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mgSZjOrtHZgC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=The+Bride+of+Lammermoor+Dibdin&source=bl&ots=yYFp2HpMFv&sig=VKMLVm-v8p4OyAnl24ReAb9OgZE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisubKyrYTbAhUGe8AKHeVLDVQQ6AEIVTAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Bride%20of%20Lammermoor%20Dibdin&f=false] for more on the various versions.)		Other versions of the story include ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor, or The Spectre at the Fountain]]'' by C. Dibdin (first performed at the Surrey Theatre, 5 July 1819) and an anonymous play put on at Astly's Circus the in the same year. (See for example, Allardyce Nicoll (2009)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mgSZjOrtHZgC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=The+Bride+of+Lammermoor+Dibdin&source=bl&ots=yYFp2HpMFv&sig=VKMLVm-v8p4OyAnl24ReAb9OgZE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisubKyrYTbAhUGe8AKHeVLDVQQ6AEIVTAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Bride%20of%20Lammermoor%20Dibdin&f=false] for more on the various versions.)
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	The original story is also the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''.		The original story is also the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''.

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 Based on the famous historical novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott (published in 1819)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor], the play  was one of a number of works based on Scott's story.
 Written and licensed for performance in 1822, to be first performed at the Royal Theatre, Edinburgh, 1 May 1822 and published in by J. Anderson, jun, Edinburgh in 1823. Later published by John Dicks, London,  as No 344 in Dick's Standard Plays.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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+''[[The Bride of Lammermoor]]'' is a play in five acts by John William Calcraft (pseudonym of John William Cole)[].
 ==The original text==
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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Other versions include ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor, or The Spectre at the Fountain]]'' was written by C. Dibdin and first performed at the Surrey Theatre, 5 July 1819. Published by
+Other versions include ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor, or The Spectre at the Fountain]]'' was written by C. Dibdin and first performed at the Surrey Theatre, 5 July 1819.
 The original story is also the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''.
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 Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900'', Volume 4[]. Cambridge University Press:p.94[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=mgSZjOrtHZgC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=The+Bride+of+Lammermoor+Dibdin&source=bl&ots=yYFp2HpMFv&sig=VKMLVm-v8p4OyAnl24ReAb9OgZE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisubKyrYTbAhUGe8AKHeVLDVQQ6AEIVTAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Bride%20of%20Lammermoor%20Dibdin&f=false]
 John C. Greene. 2011. ''Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances'', Volume 6. Lexington Books:p.4545[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=boLmd-KxZ9oC&pg=PA4545&lpg=PA4545&dq=The+Bride+of+Lammermoor+Dibdin&source=bl&ots=n6CeRtnuU_&sig=grAhcBGjg_kmtGKOdLfO8UiGUMc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisubKyrYTbAhUGe8AKHeVLDVQQ6AEIUjAL#v=onepage&q=The%20Bride%20of%20Lammermoor%20Dibdin&f=false]
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 ==The original text==
-Based on the famous historical novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott (published in 1819)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor], the play  was written and licensed for performance in 1822, first performed at the Royal Theatre, Edinburgh, 1 May 1822 and published in by J. Anderson, jun, Edinburgh in 1823. Later published by John Dicks, London,  as No 344 in Dick's Standard Plays. It appears that it later appeared as French's acting edition No 413 as a play in '''four''' acts[https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5565140].
+Based on the famous historical novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott (published in 1819)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor], the play  was one of a number of works based on Scott's novel.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Another version called '[[The Bride of Lammermoor, or The Spectre at the Fountain]]'' was written by Dibdin and first performed at the Surrey Theatre, 5 July 1819. Published by
+Other versions include ''[[The Bride of Lammermoor, or The Spectre at the Fountain]]'' was written by C. Dibdin and first performed at the Surrey Theatre, 5 July 1819. Published by
 The original story is also the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]''.
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 https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100136398
 John C. Greene. 2011. ''Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances'', Volume 6. Lexington Books:p.4545[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=boLmd-KxZ9oC&pg=PA4545&lpg=PA4545&dq=The+Bride+of+Lammermoor+Dibdin&source=bl&ots=n6CeRtnuU_&sig=grAhcBGjg_kmtGKOdLfO8UiGUMc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisubKyrYTbAhUGe8AKHeVLDVQQ6AEIUjAL#v=onepage&q=The%20Bride%20of%20Lammermoor%20Dibdin&f=false]