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<p>Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;<a href="/index.php/The_Duenna" title="The Duenna">The Duenna</a>&#039;&#039; is a three-act comic opera by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with music by Thomas Linley the elder and Thomas Linley the younger. == The original text == Fi...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>''[[The Duenna]]'' is a three-act comic opera by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with music by Thomas Linley the elder and Thomas Linley the younger. <br /> <br /> <br /> == The original text ==<br /> <br /> First performed in the Covent Garden Theatre on 21 November 1775 and became one of the most successful operas of its time. <br /> <br /> == Performances in South Africa ==<br /> <br /> 1825: A production was planned for rehearsal by the [[English Theatricals]] in Cape Town in July, but it appears that the show was then postponed (and eventually cancelled) when a certain Mr [[T. Hammond]], who was apparently part of the cast members of the proposed production, unhappily committed suicide in July 1825.<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> <br /> [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1928[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp. 200<br /> <br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duenna<br /> <br /> Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]<br /> <br /> == Return to ==<br /> <br /> Return to [[ESAT Personalities H]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[Main Page]]</div>

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