William Tell - Revision history

Darryl at 16:30, 9 June 2026

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Darryl: /* Guillaume Tell the opera by Rossini (1829) */

2024-02-16T13:57:31Z

Guillaume Tell the opera by Rossini (1829)

Satj: /* Performance history in South Africa */

2021-07-31T04:48:15Z

Performance history in South Africa

Satj: /* William Tell with a Vengeance, or The Pet the Parrot and the Pippin (Byron) */

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William Tell with a Vengeance, or The Pet the Parrot and the Pippin (Byron)

Satj at 04:01, 27 July 2021

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Satj at 04:01, 27 July 2021

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Satj at 03:59, 27 July 2021

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Satj at 03:53, 27 July 2021

2021-07-27T03:53:07Z

Satj: /* Performance history in South Africa */

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Performance history in South Africa

Satj: /* Performance history in South Africa */

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Performance history in South Africa

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 == Sources ==
 William Davenport Adams. 1891. ''A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody''. London: Henry and Company (Issue 5 of The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=lOhIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false].
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 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 = Return to =

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 The William Tell Overture is one of his best-known and most frequently imitated pieces of music.
-'''For South African performances of the opera and the overture, see the ''[[South African Music Encyclopaedia]]'' and other sources.'''
+==Performance history in South Africa==
 == Sources ==
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(opera)'''
 =''[[William Tell: A Telling Tale of an Old Tell-Tale]]'' (Buckingham)=

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 4 February, with ''[[The Angel in the Attic]]'' (Morton)
+: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 4 February, with ''[[The Angel of the Attic]]'' (Morton)
 : Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 February, with ''[[Woodcock's Little Game]]'' (Morton) and the "transformation scene" from ''[[Ali Baba]]''

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 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
-=''[[William Tell with a Vengeance, or The Pet the Parrot and the Pippin]]'' (Byron)=
+=''[[William Tell with a Vengeance, or The Pet, the Parrot and the Pippin]]'' (Byron)=
 ==The original text==

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	Numerous versions of the tale have been told and written over the centuries, including the famous tale of Gessler forcing Tell to shoot an apple off his own son's head. Among the works based on the legend are a number of theatrical works produced over the years, the earliest seemingly being the ''Urner Tellspiel'' ("Tell Play of Uri"), said to have been performed in the winter of either 1512 or 1513 in Altdorf.		Numerous versions of the tale have been told and written over the centuries, including the famous tale of Gessler forcing Tell to shoot an apple off his own son's head. Among the works based on the legend are a number of theatrical works produced over the years, the earliest seemingly being the ''Urner Tellspiel'' ("Tell Play of Uri"), said to have been performed in the winter of either 1512 or 1513 in Altdorf.

		+	'''THE PLAYS'''

	'''Among the plays known and/or performed in South Africa are:'''		'''Among the plays known and/or performed in South Africa are:'''

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−	[[William Tell]] is the ~~Anglicised~~ name for ~~the Swiss~~ folk hero, ~~[[Wilhelm Tell]] (German)~~, ~~[[Guillaume Tell]] (French) ; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell)(~~	+	[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is the English name for a folk hero of Switzerland who, according to the legend, was an expert marksman with the crossbow and, by assassinating the tyrant Albrecht Gessler, encouraged open rebellion against the foreign rulers and ultimately leading to the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy.

−		+	Numerous versions of the tale have been told and written over the centuries, including the famous tale of Gessler forcing Tell to shoot an apple off his own son's head. Among the works based on the legend are a number of theatrical works produced over the years, the earliest seemingly being the ''Urner Tellspiel'' ("Tell Play of Uri"), said to have been performed in the winter of either 1512 or 1513 in Altdorf.
−	[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is a folk hero of Switzerland who, according to the legend, was an expert marksman with the crossbow and, by assassinating the tyrant Albrecht Gessler, encouraged open rebellion against the foreign rulers and ultimately leading to the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy.
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−	Numerous versions of the tale have been told and written over the centuries, including the famous tale of Gessler forcing Tell to shoot an apple off his own son's head. ~~The~~ works based on the legend ~~also include~~ a number of theatrical works produced over the years, the earliest seemingly being the ''Urner Tellspiel'' ("Tell Play of Uri"), said to have been performed in the winter of either 1512 or 1513 in Altdorf.

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		+	[[William Tell]] is the Anglicised name for the Swiss folk hero, [[Wilhelm Tell]] (German), [[Guillaume Tell]] (French) ; Italian: Guglielmo Tell; Romansh: Guglielm Tell)(
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	[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is a folk hero of Switzerland who, according to the legend, was an expert marksman with the crossbow and, by assassinating the tyrant Albrecht Gessler, encouraged open rebellion against the foreign rulers and ultimately leading to the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy.		[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is a folk hero of Switzerland who, according to the legend, was an expert marksman with the crossbow and, by assassinating the tyrant Albrecht Gessler, encouraged open rebellion against the foreign rulers and ultimately leading to the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy.

−	Numerous versions of the tale have been told and written over the centuries, ~~oncluding~~ the famous ~~story~~ of ~~the boy and the~~ apple. The works based on the legend also include a number of theatrical works produced over the years, the earliest seemingly being the ''Urner Tellspiel'' ("Tell Play of Uri"), said to have been performed in the winter of either 1512 or 1513 in Altdorf.	+	Numerous versions of the tale have been told and written over the centuries, including the famous tale of Gessler forcing Tell to shoot an apple off his own son's head. The works based on the legend also include a number of theatrical works produced over the years, the earliest seemingly being the ''Urner Tellspiel'' ("Tell Play of Uri"), said to have been performed in the winter of either 1512 or 1513 in Altdorf.

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−	[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is a folk hero of Switzerland ~~about whom~~ a number of theatrical works ~~have been~~ produced over the years.	+	[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is a folk hero of Switzerland who, according to the legend, was an expert marksman with the crossbow and, by assassinating the tyrant Albrecht Gessler, encouraged open rebellion against the foreign rulers and ultimately leading to the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy.
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		+	Numerous versions of the tale have been told and written over the centuries, oncluding the famous story of the boy and the apple. The works based on the legend also include a number of theatrical works produced over the years, the earliest seemingly being the ''Urner Tellspiel'' ("Tell Play of Uri"), said to have been performed in the winter of either 1512 or 1513 in Altdorf.
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		+	'''Among the plays known and/or performed in South Africa are:'''

	=''[[Guillaume Tell]]'' by Lemierre (1766)=		=''[[Guillaume Tell]]'' by Lemierre (1766)=

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: The burlesque was performed as ''[[William Tell; A Telling Tale of an Old Tell Tale]]'' by [[Juvenile Amateurs]] in Cape Town on 23 June, 1859, along with ''[[The Miller of Whetstone, or The Cross-Bow Letter]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[The Fire Eater]]'' (Selby).
+: The burlesque was performed as ''[[William Tell; A Telling Tale of an Old Tell Tale]]'' by [[Juvenile Amateurs]] in Cape Town on 23 June, 1859, along with ''[[The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[The Fire Eater]]'' (Selby).
 : Billed as "the Grand Comical, Classical (Musical) [[Burlesque]] of ''[[William Tell]]''" it was performed by the [[Phoenix Dramatic Club]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with scenery by [[C.J. Smith]]. Also on the bill was ''[[The Irish Attorney, or Galway Practice]]'' (Bernard).