Bluebell in Fairyland - Revision history

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	1908: Performed as ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' at the Opera House, Cape Town, by the [[Wheeler Juvenile Opera and Musical Company]] during the Christmas season, featuring [[Dan Leno Jr.]] (said to be the son of the original Dan Leno) in the lead.		1908: Performed as ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' at the Opera House, Cape Town, by the [[Wheeler Juvenile Opera and Musical Company]] during the Christmas season, featuring [[Dan Leno Jr.]] (said to be the son of the original Dan Leno) in the lead.
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		+	1909: ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' presented again by the [[Wheeler Juvenile Opera and Musical Company]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Johannesburg (February) and [[His Majesty's Theatre]], Durban in July.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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 http://gsarchive.net/british/bluebell/index.html
-Daniel Hahn. 2015. ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature''. OUP: p.75[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Mb66BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=Bluebell+in+Fairyland++musical+by+Seymour+Hicks&source=bl&ots=4AoI-sebQ2&sig=b2Maz7ZXytStZHsPuNTIxU5Nrx8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOw5CLgNfaAhXsLcAKHcFPCRI4ChDoAQhBMAY#v=onepage&q=Bluebell%20in%20Fairyland%20%20musical%20by%20Seymour%20Hicks&f=false]
+Daniel Hahn. 2015. ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature''. [[OUP]]: p.75[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=Mb66BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=Bluebell+in+Fairyland++musical+by+Seymour+Hicks&source=bl&ots=4AoI-sebQ2&sig=b2Maz7ZXytStZHsPuNTIxU5Nrx8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOw5CLgNfaAhXsLcAKHcFPCRI4ChDoAQhBMAY#v=onepage&q=Bluebell%20in%20Fairyland%20%20musical%20by%20Seymour%20Hicks&f=false]
 https://www.facebook.com/AldwychTheatre/posts/1701846173200639
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Slaughter
-[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
+[[D.C. Boonzaier]]. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage",  in ''[[SA Review]]'', 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
 [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 414, 429
-[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
+[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[Rand Afrikaans University]].
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in August and at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg in November, by the visiting [[Mouillot Company]].
+: Performed as ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in August and at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg in November, by the visiting [[Mouillot Company]], directed by [[William Clark]].
-: ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' presented again at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Mouillot Company]] (under the auspices of [[Frank de Jongh]]) in May.
+: Presented by [[Sass and Nelson Company]] at the [[Theatre Royal]], Durban in April; and presented again at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in May, directed by [[William Clark]].
 : Performed as ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' at the Opera House, Cape Town, by the [[Wheeler Juvenile Opera and Musical Company]] during the Christmas season, featuring [[Dan Leno Jr.]] (said to be the son of the original Dan Leno) in the lead.

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 414, 429		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 414, 429
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		+	[[Walter Greyvenstein\|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in August and at the Standard Theatre, Johannesburg in November, by the visiting [[Mouillot Company]] (under the auspices of [[Frank de Jongh]]).
+: Performed as ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town in August and at the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg in November, by the visiting [[Mouillot Company]].
 : ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' presented again at the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, by the visiting [[Mouillot Company]] (under the auspices of [[Frank de Jongh]]) in May.

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 ''[[Bluebell in Fairyland]]'' is a musical dream play in two acts by Seymour Hicks (1871-1949)[http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Seymour_Hicks], with music by Walter Slaughter (1860-1908)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Slaughter], and lyrics provided by Aubrey Hopwood (1863-1917)[https://www.stellabooks.com/article/aubrey-hopwood-18631917] and Charles H. Taylor (1859–1907) [http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Charles_H._Taylor_(lyricist)].
-The title also found as '''''[[Blue-Bell in Fairyland]]''''', later also as '''''[[Bluebell]]''''' or '''''[[Blue Bell]]'''''.
+The title also found as '''''[[Blue-Bell in Fairyland]]''''', later also simply as '''''[[Bluebell]]''''' or '''''[[Blue Bell]]'''''.
 ==The original text==

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 414, 429		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 414, 429
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	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]		Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]