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Revision as of 05:48, 25 November 2016
The Robber's Wife, or The Golden Ingot is a romantic drama in two acts by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835).[1].
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The original play
It was apparently adapted from the German opera Der schlafende Räuber oder Die Räuberbrau ("The sleeping robber" or "The robber's bride"), with a libretto by J. Jos. Reiff and music by Ferdinand Ries. It had its première in Frankfurt on 15th October 1828, published 1829.
The English prose version by Isaac Pocock was performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Thursday, January 7th, 1830. The acting text, with notes added, published in London : John Cumberland in 1835.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1834: Performed in the African Theatre, Cape Town by All the World's a Stage on 26 April 1834, along with Jerrold's The Bride of Ludgate (Jerrold).
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Pocock
http://www.worldcat.org/title/robbers-wife-a-romantic-drama-in-two-acts/oclc/35993771
http://www.ferdinand-ries.de/english/frankfurt.html
Ferdinand Ries, Brief an Franz Gerhard Wegeler in Koblenz, Godesberg, 24. Oktober 1826[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [3]: pp. 228
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