Eureka!
Eureka! is a musical with book and lyrics by Percy Baneshik and Alfred Travers and music by Bertha Egnos
Also found as Eureka.
The original text
A musical play about the discovery of gold at Barberton. While this story about South African gold mining had characters representing immigrants from around the world - Americans, British, Europeans and Australians - it managed to avoid including among its many characters any black South Africans.
Translations and adaptations
Productions
1967: Produced by the Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society in July.
1968: Produced at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre from 14 March, directed and designed by Anthony Farmer, with Lawrence Folley and Pat Lancaster.
Sources
"Eureka!". SA Panorama, July 1968: pp.40-41.
http://www.joburgcitytheatres.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The-First-45-Years.pdf
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