Ever Since Eve

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Ever Since Eve is a musical with music and lyrics by Ralph Trewhela, book by Anthony Farmer and Ken Hooper.

Not to be confused with the 1937 romantic comedy film of the same name starring Marion Davies (in her final film) and Robert Montgomery Ever Since Eve[1].

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1958: Produced by Anthony Farmer in association with Howard Hooper (Pty) Ltd, devised, designed, directed by Farmer with John Boulter, Olive Wright, Jane Corda, Helen Braithwaite, Jimmy Mentis, Reyna Caron, Ivor van Rensburg, Maureen Adair, Paddy O’Byrne, Shelagh Holliday and Jennifer Datnow. Costumes by Miriam Jacobsohn. Choreographers Gloria Fish and Tommy Tucker.

1958-9: Taken on tour to Durban [Opera House?], Springs Springs Theatre, Salisbury Duthie Hall, Bulawayo City Hall and Camps Bay the Camps Bay Civic Theatre (or Camps Bay Civic Hall), between November 1958 and January 1959.

Sources

Publicity photographs of the cast held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 11. 2. 11. 31.

A copy of the playscript held by NELM: [Collection: FARMER, Anthony]: 2007. 18. 11. 2. 11. 3.

Tucker, 1997. 118-119. [TH]


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