Princess Ida

Princess Ida is a comic opera by W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911)[1] and Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)[2].

Sources

Also known as Princess Ida, or Castle Adamant.

Performance history in South Africa

1893: Performed in the Opera House Cape Town by the Lyric Opera Company, as part of their repertoire while touring the country at the time.

1938: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society

1943: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society

1961: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society

1968: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society

1982: Staged by the Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Ida

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_Sullivan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert

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

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 Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman, 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 130, 397-8

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg

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