Yeoman of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard is a comic opera by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[1] and Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)[2]
The full title was The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid, but the opera is usually referred to simply as The Yeomen of the Guard or even Yeomen of the Guard]]. Often mistakenly written in the singular as the "Yeoman of the Guard".
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The Yeomen of the Guard; or, The Merryman and His Maid, is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 3 October 1888, and ran for 423 performances.
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Performance history in South Africa
1890: Performed as Pepita in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town in January by an opera company managed and directed by Edgar Perkins. The company included R.S. Gregg, E. le Hay, Dennis Coyne, Frank Wheeler, Harry Miller, Ada Bemister, Carrie Nelson, Harriet Wood, and Ella Bankhardt. Musical direction was by James Hyde.
Sources
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 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. 389-390,
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