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The plot of '''''The Sorcerer''''' is based on a Christmas story, ''An Elixir of Love'', that [[W. S. Gilbert|Gilbert]] wrote for ''The Graphic'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graphic] magazine in 1876. | The plot of '''''The Sorcerer''''' is based on a Christmas story, ''An Elixir of Love'', that [[W. S. Gilbert|Gilbert]] wrote for ''The Graphic'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graphic] magazine in 1876. | ||
Revision as of 06:26, 9 January 2016
The Sorcerer [1] is a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. It opened on 17 November 1877 at the Opéra Comique [2] in London, where it ran for 178 performances.
Contents
The original text
The plot of The Sorcerer is based on a Christmas story, An Elixir of Love, that Gilbert wrote for The Graphic [3] magazine in 1876.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1969: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society, directed by Billie Jones, in the Labia Theatre.
1978: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society, directed by Helen Houghton, in the Claremont Civic Centre.
1990: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society, directed by Helen Houghton, in the Baxter Theatre.
Sources
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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