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''[[Le Chalet]]'' is an [[operetta]] in one act by Adolphe Adam( ) ...  
 
''[[Le Chalet]]'' is an [[operetta]] in one act by Adolphe Adam( ) ...  
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Also known in English simply as ''[[The Swiss Chalet]]''  or ''[[Why don't she Marry?]]''.  
 
Also known in English simply as ''[[The Swiss Chalet]]''  or ''[[Why don't she Marry?]]''.  
  
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1857 Performed as ''[[Why don't She Marry?]]'' by the [[Sefton Parry]] company for their very first performance on 14 September in the newly constructed [[Cape Town Theatre]] in Harrington Street. The rest of the porgramme consisted of ''[[A Kiss in the Dark]]'' (Morton) and ''[[A Thumping Legacy|A Thumping Legacy!]]'' (Morton). For the opening night new scenery was installed for the opening by [[Messrs Groom and Smith]], the wardrobe "by Cantor of London and Walker of New York" and the orchestra under the direction of [[Mr Holt]]. A new drop-curtain was painted for the performances by [[Mr Smith]].
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1857: Performed as as ''[[Why don't She Marry?]]'' for the opening production in [[Sefton Parry]]'s [[Harrington Street Theatre|first wooden theatre]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town,  on 14 September (along with Morton's two plays ''[[Why don't she Marry]]''? and ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'').  
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== Sources ==
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http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr95043352/
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 57, 59, 61, 230, 236, 254,268, 325, 331.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
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1857: Performed as the opening production in [[Sefton Parry]]'s [[Harrington Street Theatre|first wooden theatre]] in Harrington Street, Cape Town,  on 14 September (along with Morton's two plays ''[[Why don't she Marry]]''? and ''[[A Thumping Legacy]]'').
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Revision as of 06:36, 27 August 2017

Le Chalet is an operetta in one act by Adolphe Adam( ) ...

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Adapted into English by Thomas Haynes Bayly ()[] as The Swiss Chalet, or Why don't she Marry?, with music by Arthur Edward Shelden Seguin (1809-1852)[].

Also known in English simply as The Swiss Chalet or Why don't she Marry?.

Performance history in South Africa

1857: Performed as as Why don't She Marry? for the opening production in Sefton Parry's first wooden theatre in Harrington Street, Cape Town, on 14 September (along with Morton's two plays Why don't she Marry? and A Thumping Legacy).


Sources

http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr95043352/


F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 57, 59, 61, 230, 236, 254,268, 325, 331.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page

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