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by William Barnes Rhodes (sometimes credited as Thomas Barnes Rhodes). Subtitled "A Burlesque Tragic Opera", it was written in 1810, first authorized printed edition published in 1822. A drama with comic songs, that satirizes the bombastic style of other tragedies that were in fashion at the time, and based in part on the influential Italian epic poem ''Orlando Furioso'' by Ludovico Ariosto, it was very popular throughout the 19th century  
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by William Barnes Rhodes (1772-1826), sometimes credited as "Thomas Barnes Rhodes". Subtitled "A Burlesque Tragic Opera", it was written in 1810, first authorized printed edition published in 1822. A drama with comic songs, that satirizes the bombastic style of other tragedies that were in fashion at the time, and based in part on the influential Italian epic poem ''Orlando Furioso'' by Ludovico Ariosto, it was very popular throughout the 19th century  
  
Performed in South Africa as an afterpiece by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]], in association with [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of performers from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool in the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, on Saturday, 28th March 1818, four years before its publication.   
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1818: First performed in South Africa as an afterpiece by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]], in association with [[Mr Cooke]] and his company of performers from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool in the [[African Theatre]] in Cape Town, on Saturday, 28th March 1818, four years before its publication.   
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
  
Bosman, 1928:p 153.
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Bosman, 1928:p 153, 222.
  
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombastes_Furioso
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombastes_Furioso
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https://archive.org/details/bombastesfurioso00rhod
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

Revision as of 16:38, 17 December 2013

by William Barnes Rhodes (1772-1826), sometimes credited as "Thomas Barnes Rhodes". Subtitled "A Burlesque Tragic Opera", it was written in 1810, first authorized printed edition published in 1822. A drama with comic songs, that satirizes the bombastic style of other tragedies that were in fashion at the time, and based in part on the influential Italian epic poem Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, it was very popular throughout the 19th century

Performance history in South Africa

1818: First performed in South Africa as an afterpiece by the Gentlemen Amateurs, in association with Mr Cooke and his company of performers from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool in the African Theatre in Cape Town, on Saturday, 28th March 1818, four years before its publication.



Translations and adaptations

Sources

Bosman, 1928:p 153, 222.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombastes_Furioso

https://archive.org/details/bombastesfurioso00rhod


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