The Bride of Lammermoor
The Bride of Lammermoor is a play in five acts by John William Calcraft (pseudonym of John William Cole).
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The original text
Based on the historical novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott (published in 1819)[1], the play was published in Edinburgh by J. Anderson, jun. in 1823.
Translations and adaptations
The original story is also the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera Lucia di Lammermoor.
Performance history in South Africa
1866: Performed in the Harrington Street Theatre (Theatre Royal) by the Le Roy and Duret Company on 30 April, with as an afterpiece Sam's Arrival (Oxenford)
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bride_of_Lammermoor
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100136398
Facsimile version of the 1823 edition by Anderson, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p. 203
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