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''[[Die Lustige Witwe]]'' is a German operetta by composer Franz Lehár (1870-1948)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Leh%C3%A1r] and librettists Viktor Léon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_L%C3%A9on] and Leo Stein [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Stein_%28writer%29].
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#REDIRECT [[Die Lustige Witwe]]
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
 
The story is based on an 1861 French comedy play, ''[[L'attaché d'ambassade]]'' ("[[The Embassy Attaché]]") by Henri Meilhac [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Meilhac].
 
 
 
The operetta was written 1905
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
The ''[[The Merry Widow]]''
 
 
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
 
 
1959: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]]
 
 
 
1973: Staged by [[CAPAB]] in the [[Nico Malan Opera House]].
 
 
 
1978: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]]
 
 
 
1979: [[PACT]]. Conducted by [[Edgar Cree]]. Producer and costume designer: [[Neels Hansen]]. Choreographer: [[Geoffrey Sutherland]]. PACT Orchestra. Cast inclue [[Mimi Coerste]]; [[Emile Belcourt]]; [[Dawie Couzyn]]; [[Elize Botha]]; [[Stephen Tudor]]; [[David Sherwood]]; [[Ian Donald]]; [[George Kok]]; [[Bruce Anderson]]; [[Olive King]]; [[Clive Roffey]]; [[Margaret Beerstecher]]; [[De Wet van Rooyen]]; [[Clair Robins]]. Performed at the Aula, Pretoria; Civic Theatre, Johannesburg.
 
 
 
1983: Produced by  [[PACT]] directed by [[Neels Hansen]], and starring [[Roberta Palmer]] and [[Gé Korsten]] at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]].
 
 
 
1989: Staged by [[CAPAB]] in the [[Nico Malan Opera House]], directed by [[Angelo Gobbato]], conducted by [[Leo Quayle]] and choreographed by [[Pamela Chrimes]]. The cast included: [[Andrea Catzel]] (Hanna Glawari, the widow), [[Gé Korsten]] (Count Danilo), [[John Eager]] (Baron Mirko Zeta), [[Aviva Pelham]] (his wife), international tenor Edmondo Rahme (Camille), [[De Wet van Rooyen]] (Vicomte Cascade), [[David Dennis]] (Njegus) and others. Decor designed by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[John T. Baker]].
 
 
 
19**: Staged by [[NAPAC]], directed and choreographed by [[John Pygram]] and conducted by [[Hans Menck]]. The cast included: [[Dorothy Avrich]] (Anna Glavari, the widow), [[Michael Gritten]] (Count Danilo), [[Peter Deighton]] (Baron Mirko Zeta), [[Anna Ware]] (his wife), [[Cyril Dowse]] (Camille) and others.
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Widow
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_L%C3%A9on
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Stein_%28writer%29
 
 
 
 
 
[[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1989.
 
 
 
[[NAPAC]] theatre programme (undated).
 
 
 
[[Petru Wessels|Petru]] & [[Carel Trichardt]] theatre programme collection.
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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