Rob Roy MacGregor

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Rob Roy MacGregor is an opera (or sometimes called a melodrama) by William Henry Murray[1], written in association with Walter Scott.


The original text

Adapted from the novel Rob Roy (1817) by Sir Walter Scott, the melodrama was first performed on June 10, 1818 in Edinburgh, and published

Performance history in South Africa

A play called Rob Roy MacGregor Campbell, said to be based on Scott's novel, was performed a number of times in the African Theatre, Cape Town by the amateur company English Theatricals in the years 1823-24 (it is later simply referred to a Rob Roy in the sources). It may have been this version by Murray, though it is much more likely to have been the widely known and published musical version by Isaac Pocock (1782–1835)[2], with music by John Davy (1763-1824)[3].

For performances in South Africa, see Rob Roy

Translations and adaptations

Sources

Facsimile version of the London published text of 1818, Google eBook[4]

Facsimile version of the New York published text of 1818, Google eBook[5]

Frederick Burwick. Playing to the Crowd: London Popular Theatre, 1780-1830 (Palgrave Macmillan, 08 Nov 2011 )[6]

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 73-77, 142, 198.

Fletcher, 1994 p. 40

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