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''[[The Lady Slavey]]'' is a musical by George Dance ()[] and John Francis Crook ()[].
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''[[The Lady Slavey]]'' is a operetta by George Dance ()[] and John Francis Crook ()[].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
The Lady Slavey was an 1894 operetta in two acts with a score by John Crook (with contributions by Henry Wood and Letty Lind, among others), to a libretto by George Dance (with additional lyrics by Adrian Ross, among others) which opened at the Royal Avenue Theatre in London on 20 October 1894
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The libretto was written by George Dance (with additional lyrics by Adrian Ross, and others), the music composed by John Crook (with contributions by Henry WoodLetty Lind, and others). The piece opened at the Royal Avenue Theatre in London on 20 October 1894, and the musical and vocal score published in London by Hopwood & Crew, 1894. A major American adaptation had its premiere at the Casino Theatre on Broadway on  3 February 1896.  
 
 
First performed in the Avenue Theatre, London, and the musical and vocal score published in London by Hopwood & Crew, 1894.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:59, 16 June 2020

The Lady Slavey is a operetta by George Dance ()[] and John Francis Crook ()[].

The original text

The libretto was written by George Dance (with additional lyrics by Adrian Ross, and others), the music composed by John Crook (with contributions by Henry Wood, Letty Lind, and others). The piece opened at the Royal Avenue Theatre in London on 20 October 1894, and the musical and vocal score published in London by Hopwood & Crew, 1894. A major American adaptation had its premiere at the Casino Theatre on Broadway on 3 February 1896.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1895: Performed by the Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company in the Opera House, Cape Town.

1903: Performed by the Wheeler Company in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_Slavey

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.402, 416

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