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[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is a folk hero of Switzerland about whom a number of theatrical works have been produced over the years.  
 
[[William Tell]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell] is a folk hero of Switzerland about whom a number of theatrical works have been produced over the years.  
  
=''[[William Tell]]'' by Antoine-Marin Lemierre(1766)=
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=''[[Guillaume Tell]]'' by Lemierre (1766)=
  
'''''[[Guillaume Tell]]''''' is a popular French play written by Lemierre (1733–1793)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Marin_Lemierre]
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''[[Guillaume Tell]]'' is a French tragedy written by Antoine-Marin Lemierre (1733–1793)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Marin_Lemierre] and first produced by the author in 1766, repeated with great success in 1786.
  
=''[[William Tell]]'' by Schiller (1804)=
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Marin_Lemierre
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=''[[Wilhelm Tell]]'' by Schiller (1804)=
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==The original text==
  
Originally written in German as '''''[[Wilhelm Tell]]''''' and was first was staged in Weimar under the direction of Johann Wolfgang Goethe on March 17, 1804.
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Originally written in German as ''[[Wilhelm Tell]]'' and first was staged in Weimar under the direction of Johann Wolfgang Goethe on March 17, 1804.
  
 
Published the same year.
 
Published the same year.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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Schiller's version translated into English by **
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Schiller's version translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wilhelm Tell]]'' by [[D.F. Malherbe]] and published by [[Nasionale Pers]] in the collection ''[[Die Meul Dreun en Ander Toneelwerk]]'', 1943.
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(play)
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https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.F._Malherbe
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[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0015.php], pp. 162
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
=''[[William Tell]]'' by Knowles(1825)=
 
=''[[William Tell]]'' by Knowles(1825)=
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Later a three act version was created by omitting the sub-plot entirely, and performed by  Macready in London and Forrest in New York.  Published round about 1845.
 
Later a three act version was created by omitting the sub-plot entirely, and performed by  Macready in London and Forrest in New York.  Published round about 1845.
 
Schiller's version translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Wilhelm Tell]]'' by [[D.F. Malherbe]] and published in the collection 1943.
 
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
=''[[William Tell]]'' the opera by Rossini (1829)=
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=''[[Guillaume Tell]]'' the opera by Rossini (1829)=
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Based on Friedrich Schiller's German play ''[[Wilhelm Tell]]'', and known as ''[[Guillaume Tell]]'' in French (''[[William Tell]]'' in English and ''[[Guglielmo Tell]]'' in Italian), it was originally written as a French-language opera in four acts by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioachino_Rossini],  to a libretto by Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis.
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The William Tell Overture is one of his best-known and most frequently imitated pieces of music.
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'''For South African performances of the opera and the overture, see the ''[[South African Music Encyclopaedia]]'' and other sources.'''
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(opera)'''
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=''[[William Tell: A Telling Tale of an Old Tell-Tale]]'' (Buckingham)=
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''[[William Tell: A Telling Tale of an Old Tell-Tale]]'' is a [[burlesque]] version of the Rossini opera by L. S. Buckingham (fl. mid 19th century).
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Also found as ''[[William Tell; A Telling Tale of an Old Tell Tale]]'' or ''[[William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale]]''.
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==The original text==
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First performed at The Strand Theatre, London, 1857 .
  
The opera ''[[William Tell]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(opera)] by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioachino_Rossini] was based on Schiller's play. The William Tell Overture is one of his best-known and most frequently imitated pieces of music.
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
'''For more see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(opera)'''
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1859: The burlesque was performed as ''[[William Tell; A Telling Tale of an Old Tell Tale]]'' by [[Juvenile Amateurs]] in Cape Town on 23 June, 1859, along with ''[[The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter]]'' (Wilks) and ''[[The Fire Eater]]'' (Selby).
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1865: Billed as "the Grand Comical, Classical (Musical) [[Burlesque]] of ''[[William Tell]]''" it was performed by the [[Phoenix Dramatic Club]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, with scenery by [[C.J. Smith]]. Also on the bill was ''[[The Irish Attorney, or Galway Practice]]'' (Bernard).
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== Sources ==
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Roberta Montemorra Marvin and Downing A. Thomas. 2017. ''Operatic Migrations: Transforming Works and Crossing Boundaries''. Routledge: p. 212.[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=-zYrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA212&lpg=PA212&dq=William+Tell:+a+telling+version+of+an+old+Tell-Tale+by+L+S+Buckingham&source=bl&ots=vAEd73HiNK&sig=ACfU3U2kHjgeUFAg1X43A14ZZ47teDYs2g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLo92ioaHgAhUpUBUIHT59CUQQ6AEwBnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=William%20Tell%3A%20a%20telling%20version%20of%20an%20old%20Tell-Tale%20by%20L%20S%20Buckingham&f=false]
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Richard Schoch. 2018. ''Victorian Theatrical Burlesques''. Routledge: p. [https://books.google.co.za/books?id=vClKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT243&lpg=PT243&dq=William+Tell,+a+telling+version+of+an+old+Tell+Tale+a+burlesque+by+Buckingham&source=bl&ots=miDkbYcCqi&sig=ACfU3U2P8qDTEDqe1IjMZpBTusUxNSC2uw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiOkPnAmaHgAhVTtXEKHVo8BZAQ6AEwAHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=William%20Tell%2C%20a%20telling%20version%20of%20an%20old%20Tell%20Tale%20a%20burlesque%20by%20Buckingham&f=false]
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Roberta Montemorra Marvin. 2003. Verdian Opera Burlesqued: A Glimpse into Mid-Victorian Theatrical Culture. ''Cambridge Opera Journal'', Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 33-66.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3878318]
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 165, 270
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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=''[[William Tell with a Vengeance, or The Pet the Parrot and the Pippin]]'' (Byron)=
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==The original text==
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A burlesque or travesty of Knowles' original text for ''[[William Tell]]'' (1825), it was first performed at The Strand Theatre, London, in 1867.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1878: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 4 February, with ''[[The Angel in the Attic]]'' (Morton)
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1878: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 6 February, with ''[[Woodcock's Little Game]]'' (Morton) and the "transformation scene" from ''[[Ali Baba]]''
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1878: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company as part of a Gala Night in the [[Good Hope Gardens]], Cape Town, on 9 February, with ''[[The Ministry in a Fix]]'' (Knight)
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1878: Performed by [[Disney Roebuck]] and his company in the [[Theatre Royal]], Cape Town, on 16 February, with ''[[East Lynne]]'' (Wood)
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== Sources ==
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William Davenport Adams. 1891. ''A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody''. London: Henry and Company (Issue 5 of The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour)[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=lOhIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false].
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.365
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
 
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Revision as of 12:27, 27 May 2020

William Tell[1] is a folk hero of Switzerland about whom a number of theatrical works have been produced over the years.

Guillaume Tell by Lemierre (1766)

Guillaume Tell is a French tragedy written by Antoine-Marin Lemierre (1733–1793)[2] and first produced by the author in 1766, repeated with great success in 1786.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine-Marin_Lemierre

Wilhelm Tell by Schiller (1804)

The original text

Originally written in German as Wilhelm Tell and first was staged in Weimar under the direction of Johann Wolfgang Goethe on March 17, 1804.

Published the same year.

Translations and adaptations

Schiller's version translated into English by **

Schiller's version translated into Afrikaans as Wilhelm Tell by D.F. Malherbe and published by Nasionale Pers in the collection Die Meul Dreun en Ander Toneelwerk, 1943.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(play)

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.F._Malherbe

J.C. Kannemeyer 1978. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[3], pp. 162

Go to ESAT Bibliography

William Tell by Knowles(1825)

William Tell is a five act play by James Sheridan Knowles (1784–1862)[4].

The original text

First performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on May 11 1825 with William Charles Macready as Tell. Published by Thomas Dolby in 1825.

Translations and adaptations

Later a three act version was created by omitting the sub-plot entirely, and performed by Macready in London and Forrest in New York. Published round about 1845.

Performance history in South Africa

1850: Performed (apparently in the original 5 act version) by James Lycett's Company of amateurs at the Drury Lane Theatre, Cape Town, on 6 September, with The Party Wall (Anon) and music from Rossini's opera of William Tell, by the orchestra of the 73rd Regiment.

Sources

Facsimile version of the original 1825 published text, The Internet Archive[5]

Facsimile version of the adapted 3 act version, Hathi Trust Digital Library[6]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [7]: pp. 425

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Guillaume Tell the opera by Rossini (1829)

Based on Friedrich Schiller's German play Wilhelm Tell, and known as Guillaume Tell in French (William Tell in English and Guglielmo Tell in Italian), it was originally written as a French-language opera in four acts by Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)[8], to a libretto by Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis.

The William Tell Overture is one of his best-known and most frequently imitated pieces of music.

For South African performances of the opera and the overture, see the South African Music Encyclopaedia and other sources.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(opera)

William Tell: A Telling Tale of an Old Tell-Tale (Buckingham)

William Tell: A Telling Tale of an Old Tell-Tale is a burlesque version of the Rossini opera by L. S. Buckingham (fl. mid 19th century).

Also found as William Tell; A Telling Tale of an Old Tell Tale or William Tell, A Telling Version of an Old Tell Tale.

The original text

First performed at The Strand Theatre, London, 1857 .

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1859: The burlesque was performed as William Tell; A Telling Tale of an Old Tell Tale by Juvenile Amateurs in Cape Town on 23 June, 1859, along with The Miller of Whetstone or The Cross Bow Letter (Wilks) and The Fire Eater (Selby).

1865: Billed as "the Grand Comical, Classical (Musical) Burlesque of William Tell" it was performed by the Phoenix Dramatic Club at the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, with scenery by C.J. Smith. Also on the bill was The Irish Attorney, or Galway Practice (Bernard).

Sources

Roberta Montemorra Marvin and Downing A. Thomas. 2017. Operatic Migrations: Transforming Works and Crossing Boundaries. Routledge: p. 212.[9]

Richard Schoch. 2018. Victorian Theatrical Burlesques. Routledge: p. [10]

Roberta Montemorra Marvin. 2003. Verdian Opera Burlesqued: A Glimpse into Mid-Victorian Theatrical Culture. Cambridge Opera Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 33-66.[11]

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 165, 270

Go to ESAT Bibliography

William Tell with a Vengeance, or The Pet the Parrot and the Pippin (Byron)

The original text

A burlesque or travesty of Knowles' original text for William Tell (1825), it was first performed at The Strand Theatre, London, in 1867.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 4 February, with The Angel in the Attic (Morton)

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 6 February, with Woodcock's Little Game (Morton) and the "transformation scene" from Ali Baba

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company as part of a Gala Night in the Good Hope Gardens, Cape Town, on 9 February, with The Ministry in a Fix (Knight)

1878: Performed by Disney Roebuck and his company in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, on 16 February, with East Lynne (Wood)

Sources

William Davenport Adams. 1891. A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody. London: Henry and Company (Issue 5 of The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour)[12].

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.365

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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