Difference between revisions of "Geene Bandieten"
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| − | 1949: Written for and first sung as "divertissement" by [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] during a production of | + | 1949: Written for and first sung as "divertissement" by [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] during a production of ''[[Zoë, of De Zegepraal eener Standvastige Liefde]]'' (Mercier) and ''[[De Logen om Best Wil]]'' (Garrick) in the [[Hope Street Theatre]], Cape Town on 30 October. |
1849: Performed again on 3 December in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]] by [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] , as part of a programme including ''[[Vier Schildwachten op éénen Post]]'' (Vogel) and ''[[De Negers|De Neger]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | 1849: Performed again on 3 December in the [[Drury Lane Theatre]] by [[Tot Oefening en Vermaak]] , as part of a programme including ''[[Vier Schildwachten op éénen Post]]'' (Vogel) and ''[[De Negers|De Neger]]'' (Von Kotzebue). | ||
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Geene Bandieten ("No convicts") is an original sentimental anti-convict song written by "a South African" in 1849, a period when feeling about the importation of convict labour ran high in the Cape colony.
Unpublished text.
Performance history in South Africa
1949: Written for and first sung as "divertissement" by Tot Oefening en Vermaak during a production of Zoë, of De Zegepraal eener Standvastige Liefde (Mercier) and De Logen om Best Wil (Garrick) in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town on 30 October.
1849: Performed again on 3 December in the Drury Lane Theatre by Tot Oefening en Vermaak , as part of a programme including Vier Schildwachten op éénen Post (Vogel) and De Neger (Von Kotzebue).
Sources
Worden, Van Heyningen and Bickford-Smith. 1998. Cape Town: The Making of a City: An Illustrated Social History:p. 168[1]
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 454-455,
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