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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1884-5: [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) mentions ''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'' as one of the plays put on by the [[Henry Harper]] company during their season in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town. No details are provided, however.  
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1868: A burlesque version, by William Brough, was performed by [[Steele and Norton's Christy's Minstrels]] in the [[Stockmarket Building]], Cape Town, probably in September.
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1869: The full three act version performed by [[Harper-Leffler Company]] in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town, on 27 August. 
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1884-5: [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923) mentions ''[[The Bohemian Girl]]'' as one of the plays put on by the [[Henry Harper]] opera company during their season in the [[Theatre Royal]], Burg Street, Cape Town. No details are provided, however.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 17:15, 28 April 2018

The Bohemian Girl is a ballad opera[1] by Alfred Bunn (1796-1860)[2] and Michael William Balfe (1808-1870)[3].

The original text

Loosely based on La Gitanilla by Cervantes tale, it has a libretto by Bunn and music composed by Balfe.

First produced in London at the Drury Lane Theatre on 27 November 1843 and played in New York City, Dublin and Philadelphia in 1844. The libretto originally published by W.S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press", Nassau Street, Soho, London, in 1843.

Translations and adaptations

Often translated it appears, inter alia, as Die Zigeunerin (Vienna, 1846), La Zingara (Trieste, 1854), La Bohemienne (Rouen, 1862).

Performance history in South Africa

1868: A burlesque version, by William Brough, was performed by Steele and Norton's Christy's Minstrels in the Stockmarket Building, Cape Town, probably in September.

1869: The full three act version performed by Harper-Leffler Company in the Mutual Hall, Cape Town, on 27 August.

1884-5: D.C. Boonzaier (1923) mentions The Bohemian Girl as one of the plays put on by the Henry Harper opera company during their season in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town. No details are provided, however.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bohemian_Girl

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bunn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_William_Balfe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bohemian_Girl#/media/File:Title_page_of_The_Bohemian_Girl.JPG

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 Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

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


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