The Duchess of Dantzic
The Duchess of Dantzic is a comic opera in three acts by Henry Hamilton and Ivan Caryl.
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The original text
set in Paris, with music by Ivan Caryll and a book and lyrics by Henry Hamilton, based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1906: First performed in South Africa by the Wheeler-Edwardes Gaiety Company in the Opera House, Cape Town, on 28 May, featuring Wyford Stamford and Anna Hickish.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duchess_of_Dantzic
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: p.425
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