Abdullah

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Abdullah is a comic opera by Oscar Weil (1839/40?-1921)[1].

The original text

No such text can be found to date, but it may conceivably have been a pirated/adapted version of The Seraglio, a comic opera in two acts by Charles Dibdin (1745-1814)[], which features a character called "Abdallah".

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1885: Billed as "an extravaganza" it was performed at the Theatre Royal, Cape Town , produced by Mr H.C. Sidney and partner Mr H.J. Fiedler during the course of the year.

Sources

http://www.jmaw.org/oscar-weil-san-francisco/

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.)

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