Fazio, or The Italian Wife

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Fazio, or The Italian Wife is a tragedy, in five acts, by Henry Hart Milman (1791-1868)[1].

Also found as Fazio, The Italian Wife and Fazio, or The Italian Wife's Revenge.

The original text

First published, as Fazio. A Tragedy in Oxford by Samuel Collingwood, 1815 (2nd edition 1816, 3rd edition 1818).

Only performed later, initially as The Italian Wife, at the Surrey Theatre, seemingly without the author's permission, followed by performances in Bath and at Covent Garden, London.

Performed at the Park Theatre, New York in 1832, with Fanny Kemble in the lead.

Published in New York in 1847 by Berford and Company.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1866: Performed as Fazio, or The Italian Wife's Revenge by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 19 March.

1866: Performed as Fazio, or The Italian Wife's Revenge by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 5 April, with Turn Him Out (Williams).

Sources

Facsimile version of the 1847 edition of the text by Berford and Company, The Internet Archive [2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hart_Milman

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Milman%2C%20Henry%20Hart%2C%201791%2D1868

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.202-204,

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