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| − | ''[[Patience]]'' is a comic opera by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert] and | + | ''[[Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride]]'' is a comic opera in two acts by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert] and Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Sullivan] |
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| + | The work is generally referred to simply as ''[[Patience]]''. | ||
== The original text == | == The original text == | ||
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| + | Written in 1880, the opera satirizes the aesthetic movement of the period and the numerous fads and pretentions of the time. | ||
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| + | First performed at the Opera Comique, London, on 23 April 1881, before moving to the Savoy Theatre on 10 October 1881. It was the first theatrical production in the world to be lit entirely by electric light. | ||
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 06:40, 12 September 2019
Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride is a comic opera in two acts by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[1] and Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)[2]
The work is generally referred to simply as Patience.
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The original text
Written in 1880, the opera satirizes the aesthetic movement of the period and the numerous fads and pretentions of the time.
First performed at the Opera Comique, London, on 23 April 1881, before moving to the Savoy Theatre on 10 October 1881. It was the first theatrical production in the world to be lit entirely by electric light.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1890: Performed in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town in January by an opera company managed and directed by Edgar Perkins. The company included R.S. Gregg, E. le Hay, Dennis Coyne, Frank Wheeler, Harry Miller, Ada Bemister, Carrie Nelson, Harriet Wood, and Ella Bankhardt. Musical direction was by James Hyde.
1933: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society
1935: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society
1948: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society
1950: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society
1954: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society
1962: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society
1973: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society
1979: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society
1993: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_%28opera%29
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. 389-390,
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