The Old Guard
The Old Guard is a play by Dion Boucicault ()[].
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The original text
Performed at the Chatham Theatre, on Friday, August 1, 1845 and later at the Performed Chatham, 1845. Published by Samuel French, 1848.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1893: Performed as La Cigale in the Opera House Cape Town by the Lyric Opera Company, with Leonora Braham and Grant Fallowes in the leading roles. (D.C. Boonzaier, cited by Bosman, 1980 (p. 398), refers to the play as an "opera").
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 1932. (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.203-205
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