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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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The story of a rake who falls in love with his own fiancée, when he meets her in disguise.
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First produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London on in 1886, gradually becoming a great success.  The opera toured in Britain, America and Australia and enjoyed numerous revivals until at least 1908.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1893: Performed as the opening production in the new [[Opera House]], Cape Town on 31 August 1893. by the [[Lyric Company]], with Miss [[Leonora Branham]] of the Savoy, London in the lead. [[Grant Fallowes]], later [[Leonard Rayne]]’s business manager, was also in the show.
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1890: Performed in the [[Exhibition Theatre]], Cape Town, in January by [[The Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company]] , an opera company managed and directed by [[Edgar Perkins]]. The company included [[R.S.V. 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]].
  
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1893: Performed as the opening production in the new [[Opera House]], Cape Town, on 31 August by the [[Lyric Opera Company]] under the management of [[A. Bonamici]] and [[Edgar Perkins]] and directed by [[Duncan Young]], with [[Leonora Braham]] of the Savoy, London, in the lead. The rest of the company consisted of [[A. Gourlay]], [[R.S.V. Gregg]], [[H.T. Davies]], [[Fred Coyne]], [[F.N. Carter]], [[W. Roe]], [[Sophie Harris]], [[Katie Herbert]] and [[Trixie Gilfillian]]. Scenery was by [[Mr Maltby]], [[Mr Ryan]] and [[Mr Thorne]].
  
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1902: Performed in the  [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in January by the [[Mouillot-De Jong Company]] as part of their new season. The company included [[Frank Celli]], [[John le Hay]] and [[Katie Seymour]].
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1910: Performed in the  [[Opera House]], Cape Town, in July by an opera company "under the personal direction of Mr [[Frank Wheeler]]".
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_(opera)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_(opera)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._C._Stephenson
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._C._Stephenson
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D. Edwards. 1897. ''The Cape Town Guide''. Cape Town: Maskew Miller (Digitised 2011)[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/18065/004_p031-040.pdf?sequence=12&isAllowed=y]
  
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 
[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|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.
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 389, 397-8, 412, 434
  
  

Latest revision as of 05:40, 10 December 2019

Dorothy is a comic opera in three acts with music by Alfred Cellier (1844-1891)[1], with a libretto by B.C. Stephenson (1839-1906)[2].

The original text

The story of a rake who falls in love with his own fiancée, when he meets her in disguise.

First produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London on in 1886, gradually becoming a great success. The opera toured in Britain, America and Australia and enjoyed numerous revivals until at least 1908.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1890: Performed in the Exhibition Theatre, Cape Town, in January by The Edgar Perkins Lyric Opera Company , an opera company managed and directed by Edgar Perkins. The company included R.S.V. 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.

1893: Performed as the opening production in the new Opera House, Cape Town, on 31 August by the Lyric Opera Company under the management of A. Bonamici and Edgar Perkins and directed by Duncan Young, with Leonora Braham of the Savoy, London, in the lead. The rest of the company consisted of A. Gourlay, R.S.V. Gregg, H.T. Davies, Fred Coyne, F.N. Carter, W. Roe, Sophie Harris, Katie Herbert and Trixie Gilfillian. Scenery was by Mr Maltby, Mr Ryan and Mr Thorne.

1902: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, in January by the Mouillot-De Jong Company as part of their new season. The company included Frank Celli, John le Hay and Katie Seymour.

1910: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, in July by an opera company "under the personal direction of Mr Frank Wheeler".

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_(opera)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cellier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._C._Stephenson

D. Edwards. 1897. The Cape Town Guide. Cape Town: Maskew Miller (Digitised 2011)[3]

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, 397-8, 412, 434


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