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''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow]]'' is an extravaganza by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836–1917)  
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''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow]]'' is an [[burlesque]] by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836–1917)  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Possibly based on
 
 
First performed as ''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow]]'' in London at St James's Theatre, on 11 February, 1860, and later acted as ''[[The Widow Dido]]'' at the Royalty Theatre on 20 November, 1865. Published by T.H. Lacy in 1865.
 
First performed as ''[[Dido, the Celebrated Widow]]'' in London at St James's Theatre, on 11 February, 1860, and later acted as ''[[The Widow Dido]]'' at the Royalty Theatre on 20 November, 1865. Published by T.H. Lacy in 1865.
  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
  
 
1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 25 November, with ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) and a musical interlude by the brass orchestra of the [[59th Regiment]]. Announced as a "Grand Musical, Classical and Picturesque Extravaganza in One Act" by "Durnand".  
 
1860: Performed in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town by the [[Royal Alfred Dramatic Club]] on 25 November, with ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) and a musical interlude by the brass orchestra of the [[59th Regiment]]. Announced as a "Grand Musical, Classical and Picturesque Extravaganza in One Act" by "Durnand".  
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Laura Monros-Gaspar (ed). 2015. ''Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology''. Bloomsbury Publishing[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=faj2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT62&dq=Dido,+the+Celebrated+Widow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG8LDQpIjWAhXCDsAKHWhqDPAQ6AEIMDAC#v=onepage&q=Dido%2C%20the%20Celebrated%20Widow&f=false]
 
Laura Monros-Gaspar (ed). 2015. ''Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology''. Bloomsbury Publishing[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=faj2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT62&dq=Dido,+the+Celebrated+Widow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG8LDQpIjWAhXCDsAKHWhqDPAQ6AEIMDAC#v=onepage&q=Dido%2C%20the%20Celebrated%20Widow&f=false]
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Reprint of the Lacy's acting edition of 1865, [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=1T47AQAAMAAJ&q=Francis+Cowley+Burnand+Dido,+the+Celebrated+Widow&dq=Francis+Cowley+Burnand+Dido,+the+Celebrated+Widow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCxqXxqIjWAhXrIcAKHX5WAHgQ6AEIJjAA]
  
  

Revision as of 07:56, 3 September 2017

Dido, the Celebrated Widow is an burlesque by Francis Cowley Burnand (1836–1917)

The original text

First performed as Dido, the Celebrated Widow in London at St James's Theatre, on 11 February, 1860, and later acted as The Widow Dido at the Royalty Theatre on 20 November, 1865. Published by T.H. Lacy in 1865.

Most probably the text performed a number of times in Cape Town during the 1860-1861 season as Dido, Queen of Carthage and termed a "Grand Musical, Classical and Picturesque Extravaganza in One Act by Burnand" .

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1860: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 25 November, with The Irish Tutor (Butler) and a musical interlude by the brass orchestra of the 59th Regiment. Announced as a "Grand Musical, Classical and Picturesque Extravaganza in One Act" by "Durnand".

1860: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 3 December with Who Do You Take Me For? (Morton.

1860: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 17 and 20 December with The Little Treasure and The Hundred Pound Note (Peake). The first performance was done as a benefit for Mrs Delmaine.

1860: Performed again, by special request, in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 27 December with The Happy Man (Lover).

1861: Performed in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 10 January with Fra Diavolo, or The Beauty and the Brigands and A Night at Notting Hill (Yates and Harrington).

1861: Performed as part of "grand gala night" in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town by the Royal Alfred Dramatic Club on 23 February, with The Irish Tutor (Butler).


Sources

Laura Monros-Gaspar (ed). 2015. Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology. Bloomsbury Publishing[1]

Reprint of the Lacy's acting edition of 1865, [2]


F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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