Difference between revisions of "No Song, No Supper"

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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1818: Presented in Cape Town on 31 January by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] in the [[African Theatre]], with [[Mrs Cooke]] in the leading role. It was played as an afterpiece to ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' (Inchbald/Kotzebue).
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1818: Presented in Cape Town on 31 January by the [[Gentlemen Amateurs]] in the [[African Theatre]], with [[Mrs Cooke]] in the role of "Magrietta". It was played as an afterpiece to ''[[Lovers' Vows]]'' (Inchbald/Kotzebue).
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 06:36, 13 January 2015

An operatic afterpiece in two acts with a libretto by Prince Hoare and music by Stephen Storace.

The original text

The first performance was at the Drury Lane Theatre in London, on April 16, 1790 as a benefit performance.

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Performance history in South Africa

1818: Presented in Cape Town on 31 January by the Gentlemen Amateurs in the African Theatre, with Mrs Cooke in the role of "Magrietta". It was played as an afterpiece to Lovers' Vows (Inchbald/Kotzebue).

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_song,_no_supper

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