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''[[Sapho]]'' is a grand ballet in three acts "gemengd met Zamenspraken, Zang en Dans" ("mixed with dialogue, song and dance")  by [[C.E. Boniface]].
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''[[Sapho]]'' is a grand ballet in three acts by [[C.E. Boniface]].
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
Originally written in French by [[C.E. Boniface|Boniface]].
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Announced as "gemengd met Zamenspraken, Zang en Dans" ("mixed with dialogue, song and dance"), the text was originally written in French by [[C.E. Boniface|Boniface]].
  
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
 
== Translations and adaptations ==
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== South African performances ==
 
== South African performances ==
  
1815: Performed in [[Dutch]] by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on Saturday 1 July, 1815, with music by [[Mr Lemming]], dances choreographed by [[Mr Petersen]]. It was the first ballet performed in South Africa. Repeated on 4 July and again 29 July.
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1815: First performed in [[Dutch]] by [[Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense]] in the [[African Theatre]], Cape Town on Saturday 1 July, 1815, with music composed by [[Mr Lemming]], dances choreographed by [[Mr Petersen]]. It was the first ballet performed in South Africa. Repeated on 4 July and again 29 July.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 05:20, 24 August 2016

Sapho is a grand ballet in three acts by C.E. Boniface.

The original text

Announced as "gemengd met Zamenspraken, Zang en Dans" ("mixed with dialogue, song and dance"), the text was originally written in French by Boniface.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into Dutch by P.C. Schonegevel.

South African performances

1815: First performed in Dutch by Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense in the African Theatre, Cape Town on Saturday 1 July, 1815, with music composed by Mr Lemming, dances choreographed by Mr Petersen. It was the first ballet performed in South Africa. Repeated on 4 July and again 29 July.

Sources

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [1]: pp.124, 138-139;

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