Masaniello

There are two play that use the name Masaniello as main (abbreviated) title:

Masaniello, or The Fisherman of Naples (1825)

Masaniello, or The Fisherman of Naples is a play by G. Soane (1825)

The original text

1825.

Performance history in South Africa

1859: A play called Masaniello was performed in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 27 May: Retribution (Taylor) with Retribution (Taylor) and a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment. The text used may have the original play by Soane, but it is more likely to have been Brough's burlesque version.

Masaniello, or The Fish-o'-Man of Naples (1857)

Masaniello, or The Fish-o'-Man of Naples is a burlesque by Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860)[1]

The original text

(play), 1857 (Olym. 2/7/57).

Performance history in South Africa

1859: A play called Masaniello was performed in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Cape Town Dramatic Club on 27 May: Retribution (Taylor) with Retribution (Taylor) and a performance of the brass band of the 59th Regiment. The text used was most probably Brough's burlesque version, which had first been produced in England two years earlier.

Sources

Allardyce Nicoll. 2002. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[2]

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

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: p.145

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