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Alternative title:
Conrad and Medora
Adaptation of
The Corsair ; Or, The Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea
1856
single work
musical theatre
Issue Details:
First known date:
1870...
1870
Conrad the Corsair
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Burlesque.
Notes
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Walch more than likely adapted his version (also referred to as Conrad and Medora) from William Brough's burlesque pantomime Conrad and Medora, Or, Harlequin Little Fairy at the Bottom of the Sea (1856), itself based on Lord Byron's 1814 poem, The Corsair.
Production Details
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1870: Royal Adelphi Theatre, Sydney, 12-25 February.
- Director Rosa Cooper; Scenic Art Alexander Habbe and W. J. Wilson; Lessee Lionel Harding.
- Cast incl. Rosa Cooper, Eleanor Carey, Miss Raleigh, Miss Moore, Mr Young, J. P West, Mr Flintoff.
- 11 performances.
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Note:
This entry has been sourced from research undertaken by Dr Clay Djubal into Australian-written popular music theatre (ca. 1850-1930). See also the Australian Variety Theatre Archive
Details have also been derived in part from the Annotated Calendar of Plays Premiered in Australia: 1870-1890.
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