The Sorcerer
The Sorcerer [1] is a comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. It opened on 17 November 1877 at the Opera Comique in London, where it ran for 178 performances.
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The original text
The plot of The Sorcerer is based on a Christmas story, An Elixir of Love, that W. S. Gilbert wrote for The Graphic magazine in 1876.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1969: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society, directed by Billie Jones, in the Labia Theatre.
1978: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society, directed by Helen Houghton, in the Claremont Town Hall.
1990: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society, directed by Helen Houghton, in the Baxter Theatre.
Sources
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