Rose-Marie
Rose-Marie is an operetta-style musical with music by Rudolf Friml [1] and Herbert Stothart [2], and book and lyrics by Otto Harbach [3] and Oscar Hammerstein II [4]. It was first performed in 1925, on Broadway, New York.
Also found as Rose Marie
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Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1939: Presented by the Johannesburg Operatic and Dramatic Society, Standard Theatre.
1958: Presented by the EOAN Group in the Cape Town City Hall, with May Abrahamse as the lead (2 - 16 August).
1969: Staged in Cape Town by Carousel Productions, directed and choreographed by Jennifer Craig, with a large cast including Marieta Bosman ("Rose-Marie"), Philip de Vos (Jim Kenyon), Jill Kidwell (Lady Jane), Hugh Rowling (Herman), Susan Blake (Wanda), John Gort (Sgt Malone), Peter van der Merwe (Emile), Reg Turner (Edward) and others. Set design by Craig Curtis.
Sources
Wikipedia [5].
Theatre announcement, The Rand Daily Mail, 11 November 1939.
Carousel Productions theatre programme, 1969.
Sjoerd Alkema. 2012. "Conductors of the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra, 1914-1965: a historical perspective". University of Cape Town. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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