Erminie

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Erminie is a comic opera by Claxson Bellamy and Harry Paulton (1842-1917), with music by Ed. Jakobowski

The original text

First performed at the Royal Comedy Theatre, London, 1885.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1890: Performed as Pepita in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town in January by an opera company managed and directed by Edgar Perkins. The company included R.S. Gregg, E. le Hay, Dennis Coyne, Frank Wheeler, Harry Miller, Ada Bemister, Carrie Nelson, Harriet Wood, and Ella Bankhardt. Musical direction was by James Hyde.

Sources

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2287640

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. 389-390,

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