Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be - Revision history

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Sources

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Performance history in South Africa

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''[[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be]]''

Also founbd as ''[[Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be]]'' on ocasion.

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−	''[[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be]]'' is a musical comedy by Frank Norman (1930-1980)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Norman] and Lionel Bart ()[].	+	''[[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be]]'' is a musical comedy by Frank Norman (1930-1980)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Norman] and Lionel Bart (1930-1999)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Bart].

	Also found as ''[[Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be]]'' on occasion.		Also found as ''[[Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be]]'' on occasion.

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-''[[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be]]'' is a musical comedy by Frank Norman ()[] and Lionel Bart ()[].
+''[[Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be]]'' is a musical comedy by Frank Norman (1930-1980)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Norman] and Lionel Bart ()[].
 Also found as ''[[Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be]]'' on occasion.
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fings_Ain%27t_Wot_They_Used_T%27Be
 E-mail correspondence with [[Craig Curtis]], September 2023.

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fings_Ain%27t_Wot_They_Used_T%27Be
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
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+: Performed in Cape Town by [[Carousel Productions]], with [[Craig Curtis]] as "Horace Seaton".
 == Sources ==

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 ==The original text==
-A musical comedy about low-life Cockney characters in the 1950s, including spivs, prostitutes, teddy-boys and corrupt policemen. The work is more of a play with music than a conventional musical.
+Originally written as a straight play about low-life Cockney characters in the 1950s, but at the suggestion of Joan Littlewood, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart were added. This turned it into something like a play with music rather than a conventional musical.
-Originally written as a straight play, but at the suggestion of Joan Littlewood, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart were added. The musical was first performed in February 1959 by Theatre Workshop, directed by Littlewood,  at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. It subsequently played at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End, starting on 11 February 1960.
+The piece was first performed in February 1959 by Theatre Workshop, directed by Littlewood,  at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. It subsequently played at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End, starting on 11 February 1960.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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		+	The original play by Frank Norman,

	==Translations and adaptations==		==Translations and adaptations==

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−	Also ~~founbd~~ as ''[[Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be]]'' on ocasion.	+	Also found as ''[[Fings Ain't What They Used T'Be]]'' on ocasion.
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		+	==The original text==
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		+	==Translations and adaptations==
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		+	== Performance history in South Africa ==
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		+	[[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]], [[]],
		+	== Sources ==
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		+	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fings_Ain%27t_Wot_They_Used_T%27Be
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		+	Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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