The Castle of Andalusia

For the earlier play, see The Banditti (play).

The Castle of Andalusia
John Braham as Don Alphonso, 1817
Written byJohn O'Keeffe
Date premiered2 November 1782
Place premieredCovent Garden Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

The Castle of Andalusia is a 1782 comic opera by Samuel Arnold and a libretto by John O'Keeffe. It was a heavily rewritten version of the 1781 work The Banditti, which had been a failure.[1]

After its first performance on 2 November 1782,[2] the original run saw the work performed thirty-nine times, and it was revived on several occasions until 1817.[3] It became a popular play for amateur dramatics and was performed by the Kilkenny players, including many of the elite, with the writer Thomas Moore appearing several times in the role of Spado.[4]

References

  1. ^ Fenner (1994), p. 388.
  2. ^ White (1983), p. 48.
  3. ^ Fenner (1994), p. 388.
  4. ^ Kelly (2009), p. 173.

Bibliography

  • Fenner, Theodore: Opera in London: Views of the Press, 1785-1830 (Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994)
  • Kelly, Ronan: Bard of Erin: The Life of Thomas Moore (London: Penguin Books, 2009)
  • White, Eric Walter: A Register of First Performances of English Operas (London: Society for Theatre Research, 1983)