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''[[The Catch of the Season]]'' is a musical play by Seymour Hicks (1871–1949)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hicks] and Cosmo Hamilton (1870–1942)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Hamilton].

==The original text==

Based loosely on the play ''[[David Garrick]]'', the book was written by Hicks and Hamilton, with lyrics by Charles H. Taylor (1859–1907)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Taylor_(lyricist)], music by Herbert Edgar Haines (1880-1923)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Haines], and additional songs provided by Jerome Kern (1885–1945: lyrics and music)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Kern], Frank Clifford Harris (1875–1949: lyrics)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Clifford_Harris] and P.G. Wodehouse (1881–1975: lyrics)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse].

The piece was first produced by Charles Frohman at the Aldwych Theatre, opening on 19 March 1906, and then moving to the newly built Hicks Theatre on 26 December 1906.

==Translations and adaptations==

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1907: Performed by a visiting [[Gaiety Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]], the cast including [[Maimie Brickwell]] and [[Frank Greene]].

== Sources ==

British Musical Theatre: The Shows[http://www.gsarchive.net/british/musicals.html]

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=The+Beauty+of+Bath

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hicks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Hamilton

[[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]]: p. 427

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-''[[The Catch of the Season]]'' is a musical play by Seymour Hicks (1871–1949)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hicks] and Cosmo Hamilton (1870–1942)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Hamilton].
+''[[The Catch of the Season]]'' is a musical play in two acts by Seymour Hicks (1871–1949)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hicks] and Cosmo Hamilton (1870–1942)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Hamilton].
 ==The original text==
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 A play about a debutante who is engaged to a young aristocrat but loves a page, it is based on the fairy tale of ''[[Cinderella]]''. The book was written by Hicks and Hamilton, with music by Herbert Edgar Haines (1880-1923)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Haines] and Evelyn Baker, and lyrics by Charles H. Taylor (1859–1907)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Taylor_(lyricist)].
-The musical premiered at the Vaudeville Theatre in London in 1904 with Hicks, Zena Dare and Camille Clifford in the leads. It opened in New York in 1905.
+The musical premiered at the Vaudeville Theatre in London in 1904 with Hicks, Zena Dare and Camille Clifford in the leads. It opened in Daly's Theatre, New York, on 28th August, 1905.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 427		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p. 427
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 == Sources ==
-British Musical Theatre: The Shows[http://www.gsarchive.net/british/musicals.html]
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catch_of_the_Season
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hicks