Cage Me A Peacock

Cage Me A Peacock is a musical by Noel Langley (1911-1980)[1] and Eve Lynd.

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.[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).

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.