The Student Prince

The Student Prince is an operetta in four acts, with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. [1].

The original text

Based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's German play Alt-Heidelberg, it was first performed in 1924.

Translations and adaptations

Adapted as a famous film, featuring Mario Lanza and

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Studente Prins by an unknown author. The text of the translation was published by DALRO in 1967.

Performance history in South Africa

1969: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society

1979: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Sources

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