La Tosca
La Tosca is a French melodramatic play by Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) [1].
The play is sometimes referred to simply as Tosca, but that title is more famously used for the opera by Giacomo Puccini (1900), based on the play.
This entry refers specifically to Sardou's play. For information on the opera, see the entry on Tosca
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The original text
La Tosca, is set in Rome in 1800, and was first performed in 1887.
Translations and adaptations
The libretto for Giacomo Puccini's famous opera Tosca (1900) is based on Sardou's French play.
(For more on the opera, see the entry on Tosca)
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Tosca
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosca
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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