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| − | The [[Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company]] was a theatrical company founded, managed and directed by [[Edgar Perkins]].
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| − | The company visited Cape Town for the first time in 1890, to perform in the [[Exhibition Theatre]] during January.
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| − | The company itself consisted ''inter alia'' of [[R.S. Gregg]], [[E. le Hay]], [[Dennis Coyne]], [[Frank Wheeler]], [[Harry Miller]], [[Ada Bemister]], [[Carrie Nelson]], [[Harriet Wood]], and [[Ella Bankhardt]]. Musical direction was by [[James Hyde]].
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980) mentions that the company's repertoire during this season consisted entirely of light comic opera, including ''inter alia'' such works as ''[[Dorothy]]'' (Cellier and Stephenson), ''[[Falka]]'' (Leterrier and Vanloo/Farnie), ''[[Pepita]]'' (Chivot and Durn), ''[[Erminie]]'' (Bellamy and Paulton), ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'' (Gilbert and Sullivan), ''[[The Mikado]]'' (Gilbert and Sullivan) and ''[[Patience]] (Gilbert and Sullivan).
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| − | According to [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), reporting on the 1890 Cape Town season, Perkins had "very artistic ideas in the direction of mise-en-scène" and his operas were staged "lavishly in regard to scenery and costume".
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | [[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 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]], 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 130, 397
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