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Sweethearts is a comic play in two acts by W. S. Gilbert ()[].
The original text
Billed as a "dramatic contrast" in two acts it is a play about the differing recollections of a man and a woman about their last meeting together before being separated and reunited after 30 years.
First produced on 7 November 1874 at the Prince of Wales's Theatre in London, running for 132 performances until 13 April 1875. There have been many revivals till the 1920s.
Translations and adaptations
The plot suggests this could have been a source of inspiration for the superb BBC TV series As Time Goes By.
Performance history in South Africa
Sweethearts an operetta/ musical play in two acts by Victor Herbert ()[]
The music is by Victor Herbert, lyrics by Robert B. Smith and book by Harry B. Smith and Fred de Gresac
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweethearts_(play)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweethearts_(musical)
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 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.203-205
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