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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
Performed in South Africa in [[burlesque]] form in 1861.  
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1861: Performed as ''[[The Maid and The Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon]]'' on 22 August and 15 September: The Irish Tutor (Butler), songs and dances by Miss Powell and  (Byron). Led by Sefton Parry, the performers in this case included the professionals Mrs Parry, Mrs Delmaine and Miss Powell and the amateur comedian Murphy. '''See ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon!]]'''''
 
 
'''See ''[[The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon!]]'''''
 
  
  

Revision as of 05:42, 2 September 2017

La Gazza Ladra is an Italian melodramma by Giovanni Michele Secondario Crisippo Gherardini


The original text

Published by Pirola, 1823

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as a "burlesque burletta" called The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon! by

Performance history in South Africa

1861: Performed as The Maid and The Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon on 22 August and 15 September: The Irish Tutor (Butler), songs and dances by Miss Powell and (Byron). Led by Sefton Parry, the performers in this case included the professionals Mrs Parry, Mrs Delmaine and Miss Powell and the amateur comedian Murphy. See The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon!


Sources

Facsimile version of the original text, Google E-book[1]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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