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| − | ''[[The Duchess of Dantzic]]'' is a comic opera in three acts by Henry Hamilton and Ivan Caryl.
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| − | Based on the play ''[[Madame Sans-Gêne]]'' by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau. Set in Paris, it tells the story of Napoleon I and a laundress, Catherine Üpscher, who marries Marshal Lefebvre and becomes a Duchess.
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| − | First produced in London at the Lyric Theatre in 1903, the opera ran for 236 performances. Subsequently, it enjoyed a successful New York production at Daly's Theatre and other productions around the world, and was revived in London and performed regularly by amateur theatre groups, particularly in Britain, until the 1950s.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1906: First performed in South Africa by the [[Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, on 28 May, featuring [[Wyford Stamford]] and [[Anna Hickish]].
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Sans-G%C3%AAne_(play)
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duchess_of_Dantzic
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| − | [[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.425
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