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Revision as of 17:04, 28 April 2018
The Bohemian Girl is a ballad opera[1] by Alfred Bunn (1796-1860)[2] and Michael William Balfe (1808-1870)[3].
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The original text
Loosely based on La Gitanilla by Cervantes tale, it has a libretto by Bunn and music composed by Balfe.
First produced in London at the Drury Lane Theatre on 27 November 1843 and played in New York City, Dublin and Philadelphia in 1844. The libretto originally published by W.S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press", Nassau Street, Soho, London, in 1843.
Translations and adaptations
Often translated it appears, inter alia, as Die Zigeunerin (Vienna, 1846), La Zingara (Trieste, 1854), La Bohemienne (Rouen, 1862).
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: D.C. Boonzaier (1923) mentions The Bohemian Girl as one of the plays put on by the Henry Harper company during their season in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town. No details are provided, however.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bohemian_Girl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Bunn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_William_Balfe
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 1923. (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.
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