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'''''The Merry Widow''''' (German: ''Die Lustige Witwe'') [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Widow] is a 1905 operetta by composer [[Franz Lehár]] and librettists, Viktor Léon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_L%C3%A9on] and Leo Stein [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Stein_%28writer%29].
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'''''The Merry Widow''''' (German: ''Die Lustige Witwe'') [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Widow] is a 1905 operetta by composer [[Franz Lehár]] (1870-1948) and librettists, Viktor Léon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_L%C3%A9on] and Leo Stein [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Stein_%28writer%29].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
 
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The story is based on an 1861 French comedy play, ''L'attaché d'ambassade'' ("[[The Embassy Attaché]]") by Henri Meilhac [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac].
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:27, 24 June 2015

The Merry Widow (German: Die Lustige Witwe) [1] is a 1905 operetta by composer Franz Lehár (1870-1948) and librettists, Viktor Léon [2] and Leo Stein [3].

The original text

The story is based on an 1861 French comedy play, L'attaché d'ambassade ("The Embassy Attaché") by Henri Meilhac [4].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1959: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society

1978: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society

1983: Produced by PACT directed by Neels Hansen, and starring Roberta Palmer and Gé Korsten at the Pretoria State Theatre.

Sources

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