Difference between revisions of "The Lady and the Devil"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 3: Line 3:
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Apparently based on the Spanish play ''[[La Dama Duende]]'' (Calderon) and borrowing something from ''[[The Marriage Promise]]'' (), it tells of a young widow living in Palermo who falls for a English officer living in an adjoining property. She introduces herself to him in two forms, the first as a veiled mistress and the second as a hidden mistress, entering his accommodation through a hidden door. First performed  at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 3 May 1820 and first published in 1820.
+
Apparently based on the Spanish play ''[[La Dama Duende]]'' (Calderon, ) and borrowing something from John Till Allingham's comedy ''[[The Marriage Promise]]'' (1803), it tells of a young widow living in Palermo who falls for a English officer living in an adjoining property. She introduces herself to him in two forms, the first as a veiled mistress and the second as a hidden mistress, entering his accommodation through a hidden door. First performed  at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 3 May 1820 and first published in 1820.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:22, 11 June 2020

The Lady and the Devil is a musical drama in two acts by William Dimond (c. 1784–1837?)[1]

The original text

Apparently based on the Spanish play La Dama Duende (Calderon, ) and borrowing something from John Till Allingham's comedy The Marriage Promise (1803), it tells of a young widow living in Palermo who falls for a English officer living in an adjoining property. She introduces herself to him in two forms, the first as a veiled mistress and the second as a hidden mistress, entering his accommodation through a hidden door. First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 3 May 1820 and first published in 1820.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1868: Performed in the old Oddfellows Hall Cape Town by the Le Roy and Duret Company on 14 May along with Act 3 of The Octoroon (Boucicault) and A Comical Countess (Brough)

Sources

http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38624

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 233, 251

http://www.eighteenthcenturydrama.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/HL_LA_mssLA2145

Catalogue of books for sale by Pickering and Chatto, London: Part IV[2]

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, carnivals and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page