There are a number of plays that use the name Masaniello as main (abbreviated) title:

Masaniello, the Fisherman of Naples is an opera in five acts by Henry Rowley Bishop; libretto (Eng) by George Soane, after the play of Henry M. Milner (1824).

Masaniello, or The Dumb Girl of Portici an opera by Thomas S. Cooke and barham Livius, with libretto by James Kenney, based on La Muette de Portici by Auber, Scribe and Lavigne.

Masaniello, or The Fisherman of Naples (1825)

Masaniello, or The Fisherman of Naples is a play by G. Soane (1825)

The original text

1825.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1859: A play called Masaniello was performed in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 27 May: Retribution (Taylor) with Retribution (Taylor) and a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment. The text used may have the original play by Soane, but it is more likely to have been Brough's burlesque version.

Masaniello, or The Fish-o'-Man of Naples (1857)

Masaniello, or The Fish-o'-Man of Naples is a burlesque by Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860)[1]

The original text

(play), 1857 (Olym. 2/7/57).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1859: A play called Masaniello was performed in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 27 May: Retribution (Taylor) with Retribution (Taylor) and a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment. The text used was most probably Brough's burlesque version, which had first been produced in England two years earlier.