Difference between revisions of "The Barber of Seville"

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The Barber of Seville is the popular English title used to refer to both the 4 act play Le Barbier de Seville, ou La Précaution Inutile by Beaumarchais and Rossini's popular opera, which was based on it.

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-''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' is the popular English title for by Beaumarchais. According to travel-writer Le Vaillant a good production of Beaumarchais’s play was done in the Cape in 1783. Performed (wholly or in part) in the [[Garrison Theatre|Cape Town Barracks Theatre]] during the occupation by French troops sent to defend the Cape against the British Fleet (1781-1795) it was possibly the first production by them and it counts as one of the first documented performances in South Africa.
+''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' is the popular English title used to refer to both the 4 act play ''[[Le Barbier de Seville, ou La Précaution Inutile]]'' by Beaumarchais and Rossini's popular opera, which was based on it.
+'''See ''[[Le Barbier de Seville, ou La Précaution Inutile]]'''''
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