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[[Le Bal Masqué]] ("The masked ball") is a [[comic opera]] by Arthur H. Ward ()[], with music by H. Vernon.  
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''[[Le Bal Masqué]]'' ("The masked ball") is a comic opera[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_opera] by Arthur Henry Ward (1883–1959)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sax_Rohmer], with music by Henry Vernon.
  
Sloppy Sam
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Not to be confused with  a "side-splitting entertainment" called '''''[[The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)]]''''' (Anon.). 
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
According to Allardyce Nicoll, this was first performed at the Parkhurst Theatre on 16 May, 1898.
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According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975), this was first performed at the Parkhurst Theatre on 16 May, 1898 and billed as a "new opera" done by the Battersby Juvenile Opera in Eastbourne on 25 May 1898.
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''[[The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)]]'', which appears to have been an earlier, burlesque-style work, well known among the [[Garrison Players]] in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town in the 1860s. [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 260) ascribes it to Arthur H. Ward, but this is clearly impossible, since Ward was only born in 1883. However, it may have been a possible '''source''' for Ward's comic opera.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
A "side-splitting entertainment" called ''[[The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)]]'' was apparently well known in Cape Town and is ascribed to Ward by F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 260). However this is unlikely to be true and it may simply have been another work.
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A "side-splitting entertainment" known by a variety of names, e.g. ''[[The Bal Masqué]]'' or ''[[Sloppy Sam the Confidential Ticket Collector]]''), ''[[The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)]]'' or simply ''[[The Bal Masqué]]'',  this was apparently a [[Christy]] style act, well known in Cape Town in the 1860s It is ascribed to Arthur H. Ward by [[F.C.L. Bosman]] (1980: p. 260), as the author of ''[[Le Bal Masqué]]'', but this is highly unlikely to be true since Ward was only born in 1883. It must have been earlier, burlesque-style work.  
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'''See ''[[The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)]]'''''
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1867: A "side-splitting entertainment" called ''[[The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)]]'' was performed by [[Le Roy and Duret]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 8 June, with ''[[Othello in Ireland]]'' ("semi-serio" opera based on Shakespeare).
 
  
1867: ''[[The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)]]'' repeated by [[Leroy and Duret]] in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town on 15 June, with ''[[The Rose of Ettrick Vale]]'' ().
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
 
 
[[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]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
 
 
[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.
 
 
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]]. 1934. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl01_01/index.php]
 
 
[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]],  1949. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl02_01/index.php]
 
 
[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
 
 
[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p. 
 
 
[[Sydney Paul Gosher]].  1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].
 
 
[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
 
 
[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1997. ''Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror''. Pretoria: Van Schaik[http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85401]: pp.
 
 
[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
 
 
[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php], pp.
 
 
[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
 
 
[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]
 
 
[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
 
 
 
[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
 
 
[[Anna Minnaar-Vos]] 1969. ''Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van [[Hendrik Hanekom|Hendrik]] en [[Mathilde Hanekom]]''. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.
 
 
[[Brian Astbury]].  1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
 
 
 
[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 
 
  
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
 
Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
  
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''Eastbourne Gazette'' East Sussex, England, 25 May 1898[https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=henry%20vernon&county=east%20sussex%2C%20england&type=article&page=1]
  
[[J.A. Worp]]. 1972. ''Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland''. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php]
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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.260,
 
 
Joris Baers (1888-1975): ''Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een''[http://doczz.nl/doc/783/joris-baers--1888-1975---algemeene-tooneelbibliotheek-een]
 
 
 
http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf
 
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

Latest revision as of 05:50, 14 January 2019

Le Bal Masqué ("The masked ball") is a comic opera[1] by Arthur Henry Ward (1883–1959)[2], with music by Henry Vernon.

Not to be confused with a "side-splitting entertainment" called The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam) (Anon.).

The original text

According to Allardyce Nicoll (1975), this was first performed at the Parkhurst Theatre on 16 May, 1898 and billed as a "new opera" done by the Battersby Juvenile Opera in Eastbourne on 25 May 1898.

The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam), which appears to have been an earlier, burlesque-style work, well known among the Garrison Players in Port Elizabeth and Cape Town in the 1860s. F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 260) ascribes it to Arthur H. Ward, but this is clearly impossible, since Ward was only born in 1883. However, it may have been a possible source for Ward's comic opera.

Translations and adaptations

A "side-splitting entertainment" known by a variety of names, e.g. The Bal Masqué or Sloppy Sam the Confidential Ticket Collector), The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam) or simply The Bal Masqué, this was apparently a Christy style act, well known in Cape Town in the 1860s It is ascribed to Arthur H. Ward by F.C.L. Bosman (1980: p. 260), as the author of Le Bal Masqué, but this is highly unlikely to be true since Ward was only born in 1883. It must have been earlier, burlesque-style work.

See The Bal Masqué (Sloppy Sam)

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[3]

Eastbourne Gazette East Sussex, England, 25 May 1898[4]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.260,

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