Little Don Giovanni, or Leporello and the Stone Statue
Little Don Giovanni, or Leporello and the Stone Statue is a burlesque play in verse by Henry James Byron (1835–1884)[1]
Contents
The original text
Largely based on Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, with an overture and incidental music by J.C. Van Maanan. First performed in London on 26 December, 1865. Published in London, 1867.
Translations and adaptations
Also found is a rare text called An Original, Musical, Pantomical, Comical. Christmas Extravaganza, Entitled Don Juan! likewise written by H.J. Byron. Performed in London in 1873.
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
Armand E. Singer 1993 The Don Juan Theme: An Annotated Bibliography of Versions, Analogues, Uses, and Adaptions. West Virginia University Press[2]
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.
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
