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'''''The Merry Widow''''' (German: ''Die Lustige Witwe'') [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Widow] is a 1905 operetta by composer [[Franz Lehár]] (1870-1948) 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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== 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].
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
 
 
== 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]] 
 
 
 
1983: Produced by  [[PACT]] directed by [[Neels Hansen]], and starring [[Roberta Palmer]] and [[Gé Korsten]] at the Pretoria [[State Theatre]].
 
 
 
1990: 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), [[Edmondo Rahme]] (Camille), [[De Wet van Rooyen]] (Vicomte Cascade) and others. Decor designed by [[Peter Cazalet]] and lighting by [[John T. Baker]].
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
[[CAPAB]] theatre programme, 1990.
 
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
 
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