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Revision as of 05:40, 13 July 2021
Ein Walzertraum ("A Waltz Dream") is an operetta by Oscar Strauss (1870-1954)[1], with a libretto by Leopold Jacobson (1873-1943)[2] and Felix Doerman (Felix Dörmann, 1870-1928)[3]
Contents
The original text
Based on the novella Nux, der Prinzgemahl ("Nux, the Prince Consort") by Hans Müller-Einigen (1882-1950)[4], the operetta premiered on 2 March 1907 at the Carltheater in Vienna.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted into English as A Waltz Dream by Joseph W. Herbert (1863-1923)[5] for performance at the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia on 6 January 1908 and at the Broadway Theatre on 27 January 1908. The London version, adapted by Basil Hood (1864-1917)[6], with lyrics by Adrian Ross (1859-1933)[7] opened on 28 March 1908 at the Hicks Theatre.
Filmed a number of times under various titles over the years
Performance history in South Africa
1909: Performed at the Opera House Cape Town during May, by a company under the management of the Wheeler Brothers. The cast included Jack Cannot and Florence Imeson.
Sources
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 1932. (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: p.431
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