La Gazza Ladra
La Gazza Ladra is an Italian melodramma by Giovanni Michele Secondario Crisippo Gherardini
Contents
The original text
Published by Pirola, 1823
Translations and adaptations
Adapted as a "burlesque burletta" called The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon! by
Performance history in South Africa
Performed in South Africa in burlesque form in 1861.
See The Maid and the Magpie, or The Fatal Spoon!
Sources
Facsimile version of the original text, Google E-book[1]
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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