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''[[The Somnabulist]]'' is a [[burlesque]] by William Thomas Moncrieff (1794-1857)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff]
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''[[The Somnabulist]]'' is a play in two acts by William Thomas Moncrieff (1794-1857)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_Moncrieff]
  
  
Based on ''[[La Sonnambula]]'' ("The Sleepwalker") an opera ''semiseria'' in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini and  Felice Romani, in turn based on ''[[La Somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un Nouveau Seigneur]]'', a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.  
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Called "A Dramatic Entertainment", it is in fact in a [[burlesque]] based on ''[[La Sonnambula]]'' ("The Sleepwalker") an opera ''semiseria'' in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini and  Felice Romani, in turn based on ''[[La Somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un Nouveau Seigneur]]'', a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.  
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Published as Issue 224 of Dicks' Standard Plays
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_sonnambula
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_sonnambula
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https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Somnambulist.html?id=DkYSHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

Revision as of 05:11, 27 March 2018

The Somnabulist is a play in two acts by William Thomas Moncrieff (1794-1857)[1]


Called "A Dramatic Entertainment", it is in fact in a burlesque based on La Sonnambula ("The Sleepwalker") an opera semiseria in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini and Felice Romani, in turn based on La Somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un Nouveau Seigneur, a scenario for a ballet-pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer called La somnambule, ou L'arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur.

Published as Issue 224 of Dicks' Standard Plays

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_sonnambula

https://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Somnambulist.html?id=DkYSHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y