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==The original text== | ==The original text== | ||
| − | + | First performed at La Scala in 1823, and published by Giacomo Pirola, 1823 | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:45, 2 September 2017
La Gazza Ladra is an Italian melodramma by Giovanni Michele Secondario Crisippo Gherardini and Gioachino Rossini
Contents
The original text
First performed at La Scala in 1823, and published by Giacomo Pirola, 1823
Translations and adaptations
Adapted as a "burlesque burletta" called The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon! by
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed as The Maid and The Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon on 22 August and 15 September: The Irish Tutor (Butler), songs and dances by Miss Powell and (Byron). Led by Sefton Parry, the performers in this case included the professionals Mrs Parry, Mrs Delmaine and Miss Powell and the amateur comedian Murphy. See The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon!
Sources
Facsimile version of the original text, Google E-book[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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