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''[[Cage Me A Peacock]]'' is a musical by [[Noel Langley]] (1911-1980)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Langley] and [[Eve Lynd]].
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''[[Cage Me A Peacock]]'' is a musical by [[Noel Langley]] (1911-1980), with additional lyrics by [[Adam Leslie]] (1916-1979) and music by Eve Lynd (1904-1960)[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2380532/bio/].
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
Based on Langley's humorous historical novel of the same name (published by Arthur Barker in 1935), this is musical parody of the legend of Lucretia, offering a risqué and amusing alternative account of the events leading up to the Roman Revolution of about 508 BC which expelled the last King of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, and established the Roman republic.[https://www.amazon.com/Cage-Me-Peacock-Noel-Langley/dp/B000TZ1TS8]
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Based on Langley's popular humorous novel of the same name (published by Arthur Barker in 1935), which Langley had adapted, first as a play and then as a musical, the musical is a parody of the legend of Lucretia, offering a risqué and amusing alternative account of the events leading up to the Roman Revolution of about 508 BC which expelled the last King of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, and established the Roman republic.[https://www.amazon.com/Cage-Me-Peacock-Noel-Langley/dp/B000TZ1TS8]
  
 
First performed at the Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London) (18th June – December 1948) and the Cambridge Theatre, London (6th December 1948 – 1949).
 
First performed at the Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London) (18th June – December 1948) and the Cambridge Theatre, London (6th December 1948 – 1949).
 
The cast included South African born [[Joan Blake]] and apparently [[Adam Leslie]], then working as a designer and writer in London, wrote some of the lyrics for the piece. They would work together extensively in South Africa in later years.
 
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Langley
  
 
https://www.amazon.com/Cage-Me-Peacock-Noel-Langley/dp/B000TZ1TS8
 
https://www.amazon.com/Cage-Me-Peacock-Noel-Langley/dp/B000TZ1TS8
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http://www.stagedoorrecords.com/LOST%20WEST%20END%20VINTAGE.pdf
  
 
https://theatricalia.com/play/g7e/cage-me-a-peacock/production/11p4
 
https://theatricalia.com/play/g7e/cage-me-a-peacock/production/11p4
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https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2380532/bio/
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
== Sources ==
 
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 19 August 2023

Cage Me A Peacock is a musical by Noel Langley (1911-1980), with additional lyrics by Adam Leslie (1916-1979) and music by Eve Lynd (1904-1960)[1].

The original text

Based on Langley's popular humorous novel of the same name (published by Arthur Barker in 1935), which Langley had adapted, first as a play and then as a musical, the musical is a parody of the legend of Lucretia, offering a risqué and amusing alternative account of the events leading up to the Roman Revolution of about 508 BC which expelled the last King of Rome, Tarquin the Proud, and established the Roman republic.[2]

First performed at the Strand Theatre, London (now Novello Theatre, London) (18th June – December 1948) and the Cambridge Theatre, London (6th December 1948 – 1949).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Langley

https://www.amazon.com/Cage-Me-Peacock-Noel-Langley/dp/B000TZ1TS8

http://www.stagedoorrecords.com/LOST%20WEST%20END%20VINTAGE.pdf

https://theatricalia.com/play/g7e/cage-me-a-peacock/production/11p4

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2380532/bio/

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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