The Grand Duchess - Revision history

Satj: Replaced content with "#REDIRECT La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein"

2020-03-05T04:25:53Z

Replaced content with "#REDIRECT La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein"

Satj: Redirected page to La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

2020-03-05T04:25:13Z

Redirected page to La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

Satj at 04:24, 5 March 2020

2020-03-05T04:24:39Z

Satj at 03:49, 5 March 2020

2020-03-05T03:49:58Z

Satj: Created page with "''The Grand Duchess'' is an opera 1887: Performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting Searelle Opera Company, under the auspices of the Whee..."

2020-03-05T03:47:57Z

Created page with "''The Grand Duchess'' is an opera 1887: Performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting Searelle Opera Company, under the auspices of the Whee..."

New page

''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' is an opera

1887: Performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting [[Searelle Opera Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street.

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:25, 5 March 2020
Line 1:		Line 1:
	#REDIRECT [[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]		#REDIRECT [[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]
−
−	''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an [[opéra bouffe]] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy ()[].
−
−
−
−
−	:
−
−	~~''[[The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein]]'' by C.L. Kenney (1867) and ''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' by C.H.E. Brookfield (Savoy Theatre, London, 4 December 1897).~~
−
−	~~==The original text==~~
−
−	~~A satirical critique of unthinking militarism, the opera parodies Catherine the Great and tells of a spoiled and tyrannical young Grand Duchess who learns that she cannot always get her way.~~
−
−	The opera was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris on 12 April 1867 and went on to have a long history of performance across the globe. It was first heard in New York City in French, at the Théâtre Français in September 1867.
−
−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
−
−	~~There are two English versions of Offenbach's work.~~
−
−	''[[The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein]]'', an English translation by Charles Kenney ()[], was performed at Covent Garden, London, in November 1867 and in New York City at the New York Theatre in 1868. (Also referred to simply as ''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' in some sources)
−
−	A new English translation and adaptation (a bowdlerised version of the more risqué French text) was done by Charles Brookfield ()[] with lyrics by Adrian Ross ()[]. This was first performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1897–98 at the Savoy Theatre, opening on 4 December, 1897. Brookfield also performed the role of "Baron Grog" in the production, as one of his last acting roles.
−
−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
−
−	1887: Performed in English as ''[[ The Grand Duchess]]'' performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting [[Searelle Opera Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street.
−
−	~~== Sources ==~~
−
−	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Grande-Duchesse_de_G%C3%A9rolstein~~
−
−	~~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach~~
−
−	[[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 1932. (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.385-6, 438~~
−
−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
−
−	~~== Return to ==~~
−
−	~~Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]~~
−
−	~~Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]~~
−
−	~~Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]~~
−
−	~~Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]~~
−
−	~~Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]~~
−
−	~~Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]~~
−
−	~~Return to [[Main Page]]~~

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:25, 5 March 2020
Line 1:		Line 1:
		+	#REDIRECT [[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]
		+
	''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an [[opéra bouffe]] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy ()[].		''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an [[opéra bouffe]] in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy ()[].

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' is an opera
+''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'' is an [[opéra bouffe]]  in three acts and four tableaux by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach], with an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac ()[] and Ludovic Halévy ()[].
 ==The original text==
 ==Translations and adaptations==
 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting [[Searelle Opera Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street.
+: Performed in English as ''[[ The Grand Duchess]]'' performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting [[Searelle Opera Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street.
 == Sources ==
 [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:49, 5 March 2020
Line 1:		Line 1:
	''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' is an opera		''[[The Grand Duchess]]'' is an opera

		+	==The original text==
		+
		+	==Translations and adaptations==
		+
		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==

	1887: Performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting [[Searelle Opera Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street.		1887: Performed in South Africa as part of the repertoire of the visiting [[Searelle Opera Company]], under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Company]]. In Cape Town they played at the [[Theatre Royal]] in Burgh Street.
		+
		+	== Sources ==
		+
		+	[[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 1932. (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.385-6, 438
		+
		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
		+
		+	== Return to ==
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
		+
		+	Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
		+
		+	Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
		+
		+	Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
		+
		+	Return to [[Main Page]]