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The cover of an 1867 vocal score for
Jacques Offenbach
's opéra comique
Robinson Crusoé
. The French
libretto
for this work, which was first staged at the
Opéra-Comique
on 23 November 1867, was written by
Eugène Cormon
and
Hector-Jonathan Crémieux
. Although loosely adapted from the novel
Robinson Crusoe
by
Daniel Defoe
, the work owes more to British
pantomime
.
Illustration: A. Jannin; restoration:
Adam Cuerden
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