Difference between revisions of "Giralda, ou La Nouvelle Psyché"
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It was simultaniously presented in English in London in three versions: | It was simultaniously presented in English in London in three versions: | ||
| − | As ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'', adapted as a comic drama in three acts, by Henry Welstead and first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, on Thursday, September 12, 1850. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1850. | + | As ''[[Giralda, or The Invisible Husband]]'', adapted as a comic drama in three acts, by Henry Welstead and first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, on Thursday, September 12, 1850. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1850. (Some sources claim that this version is by Dion Boucicault ()[], and was later revised as ''[[A Dark Night's Work]]''). |
| − | As ''[[Giralda, or the Miller's Wife]]'' adapted by | + | As ''[[Giralda, or the Miller's Wife]]'' adapted by Benjamin Webster (1797-1882)[] and performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1850. |
| − | As ''[[Giralda, or Which Is My Husband?]]'' | + | As ''[[Giralda, or Which Is My Husband?]]'' by Mrs. Davidson, 1850 |
Translated into German as ''[[Giralda, oder Die neue Psyche]]'' by W. Friedrich (ca. 1820-1879)[]. | Translated into German as ''[[Giralda, oder Die neue Psyche]]'' by W. Friedrich (ca. 1820-1879)[]. | ||
Revision as of 06:42, 10 February 2020
Giralda, ou La Nouvelle Psyché ("Giralda, or the new Psyche") is an opéra comique[1] in three acts by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[2], with music by Adolphe Adam (1803-1856)[3].
Contents
The original text
The French piece had its first performance at the Opéra-Comique theatre, Paris, on 20 July 1850.
Translations and adaptations
It was simultaniously presented in English in London in three versions:
As Giralda, or The Invisible Husband, adapted as a comic drama in three acts, by Henry Welstead and first performed at the Royal Olympic Theatre, on Thursday, September 12, 1850. Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy in 1850. (Some sources claim that this version is by Dion Boucicault ()[], and was later revised as A Dark Night's Work).
As Giralda, or the Miller's Wife adapted by Benjamin Webster (1797-1882)[] and performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1850.
As Giralda, or Which Is My Husband? by Mrs. Davidson, 1850
Translated into German as Giralda, oder Die neue Psyche by W. Friedrich (ca. 1820-1879)[].
Performance history in South Africa
1861: Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
Facsimile version of the Welstead text of 1850, Warwick Digital Collections [4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam
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 1932. (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.203-205
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