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| − | ''[[The Somnambulist]]'' is a play in two acts by William Thomas Moncrieff (1794-1857)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff]
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| − | Also found as ''[[The Somnambulist, or The Phantom of the Village]]'', ''[[La Somnambula or The Sleep-Walker]]'', or ''[[La Somnambula]]''
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Called "A Dramatic Entertainment", it is in fact in a [[burlesque]] based on '''''[[La Somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un Nouveau Seigneur]]''''', a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer, music composed by Ferdinand Hérold. Produced in 1827 and quite popular in Paris, the unpublished Scribe work inspired many more works, including Vincenzo Bellini's well-known Italian opera '''''[[La Sonnambula|La Sonnambula, or The Sleepwalker]]'''''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_sonnambula].
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| − | Moncrieff's text was published as ''[[The Somnabulist]]'' in Issue 224 of Dicks' Standard Plays. Published as ''[[The Somnambulist, or The Phantom of the Village]]'' by J. Cumberland, 1899
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1857: Performed by the [[Boscawen Amateurs]] in Simonstown on 28 December, with ''[[Who Speaks First?]]'' (Dance) as a benefit evening for the Indian Sufferers Relief Fund.
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| − | 1857: What appears to have been ''[[La Somnambula or The Sleep-Walker]]'' (by Bellini and Romani) was performed by [[Sefton Parry]] and his company in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 8 December, with ''[[The Mistress of the Mill]]'' (Moncrieff) as afterpiece.
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| − | 1862: Performed often (as ''[[La Somnambula]]'') by the [[Christy Minstrels]], during their three-month long tour of the Cape Province. The company was led by [[Mr Melvyn]], with [[Mr Norton]], [[Mr Rainford]] and [[Joe Brown]]. The director of the orchestra was [[Mr Stewart]]
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| − | 1869: Performed as ''[[La Somnambula]]'' in the [[Mutual Hall]], Cape Town by the [[Miranda-Harper Company]].
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| − | 1875: Performed as ''[[La Somnambula]]'' in the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company, with ''[[Christmas Eve, or The Duel in the Snow]]'' (Fitzball)
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| − | 1901: ''[[The Somnabulist]]'' performed in the [[Oddfellows Hall]], Cape Town, by [[Morris Waxman]] and his [[Hebrew Artistes]]
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| − | == Sources ==
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_somnambule,_ou_L%27arriv%C3%A9e_d%27un_nouveau_seigneur
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_sonnambula
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| − | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Somnambulist.html?id=DkYSHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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| − | https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Somnambulist_Or_the_Phantom_of_the_V.html?id=jVgPMwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
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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]]: pp. 140, 408
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