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−	A musical by [[Bertha Egnos]] (1913-2003), with music by [[George Hayden]].	+	''[[Bo Jungle]]'' is a musical by [[Bertha Egnos]] (1913-2003), with music by [[George Hayden]].

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 [[Percy Tucker]], 1997; p. 124.
-Go to [[The ESAT Bibliography]]
+Go to the [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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 == The original text ==
-The show premiered in May 1959 at the [[Empire Theatre]], Johannesburg, produced by [[Bertha Egnos|Egnos]] in association with [[African Theatres]]. It was not a commercial success, playing for a while only in Johannesburg. The only full record of the play is apparently a sound recording  made of the live show.
+The show premiered in May 1959 at the [[Empire Theatre]], Johannesburg, produced by [[Bertha Egnos|Egnos]] in association with [[African Theatres]]. Besides the programmes, a sound recording  was made of the live show and  published by Gallotone.
-Though it opened the same year as the internationally successful all-black South African musical ''[[King Kong]]'', and despite the superficial similarities in title, poster and so on, the musical is something completely different. According to John Ferreira's useful discussion of the recording of the show[https://soulsafari.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/bo-jungle-1959-sa-musical-by-bertha-egnos/], it was an all white musical focused on South African life, with  a musical score mostly based on the English of [[variety]] and [[vaudeville]] tradition, using bel-canto vocal numbers versions of contemporary Western music (cha cha, calypso and even rock 'n roll, with the odd kwela tune thrown in for the local colour), rather than the popular (black) South African music of the time.
+The musical opened in the same year as the internationally successful all-black South African musical ''[[King Kong]]'', but despite the superficial similarities in title, poster and so on, the musical is something completely different. According to John Ferreira's useful discussion of the recording of the show[https://soulsafari.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/bo-jungle-1959-sa-musical-by-bertha-egnos/], it was an all white musical focused on South African life, with  a musical score mostly based on the English of [[variety]] and [[vaudeville]] tradition, using bel-canto vocal numbers versions of contemporary Western music (cha cha, calypso and even rock 'n roll, with the odd kwela tune thrown in for the local colour), rather than the popular (black) South African music of the time.
 == Sources ==

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 == The original text ==
-The show premiered in May 1959 at the [[Empire Theatre]], Johannesburg, produced by [[Bertha Egnos|Egnos]] in association with [[African Theatres]]. It was not a commercial success, playing for a while only in Johannesburg, though a sound recording was made of the show.
+The show premiered in May 1959 at the [[Empire Theatre]], Johannesburg, produced by [[Bertha Egnos|Egnos]] in association with [[African Theatres]]. It was not a commercial success, playing for a while only in Johannesburg. The only full record of the play is apparently a sound recording  made of the live show.
 Though it opened the same year as the internationally successful all-black South African musical ''[[King Kong]]'', and despite the superficial similarities in title, poster and so on, the musical is something completely different. According to John Ferreira's useful discussion of the recording of the show[https://soulsafari.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/bo-jungle-1959-sa-musical-by-bertha-egnos/], it was an all white musical focused on South African life, with  a musical score mostly based on the English of [[variety]] and [[vaudeville]] tradition, using bel-canto vocal numbers versions of contemporary Western music (cha cha, calypso and even rock 'n roll, with the odd kwela tune thrown in for the local colour), rather than the popular (black) South African music of the time.
 == Sources ==
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 Go to [[The ESAT Bibliography]]
 == Return to ==

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−	~~Written~~ by [[Bertha Egnos]] (1913-2003), with music ~~was~~ by [[George Hayden]].	+	A musical by [[Bertha Egnos]] (1913-2003), with music by [[George Hayden]].

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-[??**] by [[Bertha Egnos]]. A musical presentation put on by Egnos,  in association with [[African Theatres]], at the [[Empire Theatre]] in 1959.
+Written by [[Bertha Egnos]] (1913-2003), with music was by [[George Hayden]].
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 B|B]]
+Though it opened the same year as the internationally successful all-black South African musical ''[[King Kong]]'', and despite the superficial similarities in title, poster and so on, the musical is something completely different. According to John Ferreira's useful discussion of the recording of the show[https://soulsafari.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/bo-jungle-1959-sa-musical-by-bertha-egnos/], it was an all white musical focused on South African life, with  a musical score mostly based on the English of [[variety]] and [[vaudeville]] tradition, using bel-canto vocal numbers versions of contemporary Western music (cha cha, calypso and even rock 'n roll, with the odd kwela tune thrown in for the local colour), rather than the popular (black) South African music of the time.
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
+== Sources ==
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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−	[??**] by [[Bertha Egnos]]. A musical presentation put on by Egnos, in association with [[African Theatres]], at the [[Empire]] in 1959.	+	[??**] by [[Bertha Egnos]]. A musical presentation put on by Egnos, in association with [[African Theatres]], at the [[Empire Theatre]] in 1959.

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