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Based on a an intrigue in ''[[The Intriguing Chambermaid]]'' by Henry Fielding, | Based on a an intrigue in ''[[The Intriguing Chambermaid]]'' by Henry Fielding, | ||
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| + | First performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, London. First published by G. Kearsley,1785. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | "Liberty-Hall" on [[Great Writers Inspire]], Oxford University [https://writersinspire.org/content/liberty-hall-or-test-good-fellowship-comic-opera-two-acts-it-performed-greatest-applause] | ||
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Revision as of 06:17, 14 July 2020
Liberty-Hall, or A Test of Good Fellowship is a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin the Elder (1745 - 1814)[]
Also found as Liberty Hall
Contents
The original text
Based on a an intrigue in The Intriguing Chambermaid by Henry Fielding,
First performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, London. First published by G. Kearsley,1785.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1895: Performed by Edward Sass and his Gaiety Company, under the auspices of the Wheeler Company, as part of a season of eight plays with which they toured the cities, inter alia appearing at the Opera House, Cape Town, from 1 June.
1916: Performed at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg, featuring Florence Creagh
Sources
"Liberty-Hall" on Great Writers Inspire, Oxford University [1]
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 1932. (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.203-205
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