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| − | ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' is a comic opera by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert] and Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Sullivan]
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| − | The full title was ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid]]'', but the opera is usually referred to simply as ''[[The Yeomen of the Guard]]'' or even Yeomen of the Guard]]''. Often mistakenly written in the singular as the "[[Yeoman of the Guard]]".
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| − | == The original text ==
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| − | The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid, is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 3 October 1888, and ran for 423 performances.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1890: Performed as ''[[Pepita]]'' in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town in January by an opera company managed and directed by [[Edgar Perkins]]. The company included [[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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| − | == 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, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 389-390,
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