Le Chalet
Le Chalet is an opéra comique[1] in one act by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[2], Mélesville (1787-1865)[3] and Adolphe Adam(1803-1856)[4].
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The original text
The French libretto was written by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861)[5] and Mélesville (1787-1865)[6] after the singspiel Jery und Bätely by Goethe, and music by Adolphe Adam(1803-1856)[7]. First performed at the Opéra-Comique, Salle de la Bourse, Paris on 25 September 1834.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted into English by Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839)[8] as The Swiss Chalet, or Why don't she Marry?, with music by Arthur Edward Shelden Seguin (1809-1852)[9].
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 A Kiss in the Dark and A Thumping Legacy).
Sources
http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr95043352/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lesville
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Adam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Haynes_Bayly
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Seguin,_Arthur_Edward_Shelden_(DNB00)
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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