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''[[L'Africaine, Or The Queen Of The Cannibal Islands]]'' was an "Original Opera Burlesque" by Francis Cowley Burnand and Montagu Williams.
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#REDIRECT[[L'Africaine, Or The Queen Of The Cannibal Islands]]
 
 
Also known simply as ''[[La Africaine]]'' 
 
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
 
 
 
Burnand and Williams's burlesque opened at the Strand Theatre in London in 1865.
 
 
 
It had most probably been written as a parody of '''L'Africaine''' ("The African Woman")[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Africaine], a grand opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer, with a French libretto by Eugène Scribe. First performed by the Paris Opéra at the Salle Le Peletier on 28 April 1865, and in London at Covent Garden Theatre on 22 July 1865, New York on 1 December 1865.
 
 
 
Burnand's burlesque, entitled ''[[L'Africaine, Or The Queen Of The Cannibal Islands]]'' also opened at the Strand Theatre in London in 1865.
 
 
 
Published as ''[[La Africaine, Or The Queen Of The Cannibal Islands]] and called "An Original Opera Burlesque".
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1869: Performed under the title ''[[La Africaine, or High Tall Yawn Uproar]]'', as part of the ''[[Minstrel shows in South Africa |Grand Christy Entertainment]]'' Show by the [[86th Royal Downshire Minstrels]] in the [[Oddfellows Hall]] on 19 April 1869.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
William Davenport Adams. 1891. ''A book of burlesque, sketches of English stage travestie and parody'':p. 184. Online facsimile version: Online library eBooksRead.com[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/william-davenport-adams/a-book-of-burlesque-sketches-of-english-stage-travestie-and-parody-hci/page-13-a-book-of-burlesque-sketches-of-english-stage-travestie-and-parody-hci.shtml] Accessed: 2017/08/07 - 05h40.
 
 
 
Burnand's burlesque, entitled ''[[L'Africaine, Or The Queen Of The Cannibal Islands]]'' also opened at the Strand Theatre in London in 1865.
 
 
 
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 264, 267
 
 
 
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