Difference between revisions of "The Forty Thieves"
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First performed in London at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, and at the New Theatre, Philadelphia in 1808, and described variously as a "Grand Operatical Romance" (1808 Lacey and Carey editions) and "Grand Romantic Drama" (1825 Duncombe edition) | First performed in London at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, and at the New Theatre, Philadelphia in 1808, and described variously as a "Grand Operatical Romance" (1808 Lacey and Carey editions) and "Grand Romantic Drama" (1825 Duncombe edition) | ||
| − | Published in 1808 by Lacey (London) and M.Carey (Philadelphia), and by Duncombe (London) in 1825. | + | Published in 1808 by Lacey (London) and M.Carey (Philadelphia), and by Duncombe (London) in 1825. |
== Translations and adaptations == | == Translations and adaptations == | ||
Revision as of 05:22, 13 June 2016
The Forty Thieves is a musical drama in 2 acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan and George Colman, the Younger (1762-1836)[1], with music by Michael Kelly (1762-1826) and choreography ("ballet and action") by D'Egville.
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The original text
First performed in London at the Theatres Royal at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, and at the New Theatre, Philadelphia in 1808, and described variously as a "Grand Operatical Romance" (1808 Lacey and Carey editions) and "Grand Romantic Drama" (1825 Duncombe edition)
Published in 1808 by Lacey (London) and M.Carey (Philadelphia), and by Duncombe (London) in 1825.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
In the early part of the 19th century, there was a close link between Cape Town and the island of St Helena.
Circa 1825: Apparently one of the monthly plays performed on the island of St Helena by the garrison there, according to an article on "St. Helena Theatricals" in The South African Commercial Advertiser of 12 October 1825. Done in this case with the scenery painted by a local artist named Mr Julio.
Sources
Facsimile version of Carey's 1808 edition of the text: Hathitrust Digital Library[2]
Facsimile version of Duncombe's 1825 edition of the text, Google E-Book[3]
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100593157
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [4]: pp. 390-1
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