The Bohemian Girl
The Bohemian Girl is an opera by A. Bunn and Balfe.
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The original text
Loosely based on La Gitanilla by Cervantes tale,.ith a libretto by Alfred Bunn and music composed by Michael William Balfe with .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: D.C. Boonzaier (1923) mentions The Bohemian Girl as one of the plays put on by the Henry Harper company during their season in the Theatre Royal, Burg Street, Cape Town. No details are provided, however.
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.
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