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 ''[[The Climax]]'' is a play in three acts by Edward Locke (1869-1945)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Locke], with incidental music by Joseph Carl Breil (1870 - 1926)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Carl_Breil].
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 For some reason this play has occasionally been wrongly ascribed by writers in South Africa, e.g. to Clifford Bax (1886-1962)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Bax] in at least one instance and, according to a list of productions by Huguenet in the ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' theatre programme (1956), to the French playwright Paul Géraldy (1885-1983)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_G%C3%A9raldy].

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' by [[André Huguenet]], with a predominantly male cast plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and [[Johan Nell]]. They opened in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg then toured the country. In his reminiscences Huguenet tells of the disastrous opening night in Johannesburg, when van der Merwe lost her voice, and in an impromptu arrangement Rita, (the other soprano who had auditioned for the role at the time) had to sing the song from behind the curtain, while the actress cast as "the nightingale" mimed on stage. After few days [[Sandra van der Merwe]]'s voice returned and the show could go on to acclaim.
+: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' by [[André Huguenet]], with a predominantly male cast consisting of Huguenet himself, [[Johan Nell]], [[Fanie Bekker]] and [[Antonius Ferreira]], plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale. They opened in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg then toured the country. In his reminiscences Huguenet tells of the disastrous opening night in Johannesburg, when van der Merwe lost her voice, and in an impromptu arrangement Rita, (the other soprano who had auditioned for the role at the time) had to sing the song from behind the curtain, while the actress cast as "the nightingale" mimed on stage. After few days [[Sandra van der Merwe]]'s voice returned and the show could go on to acclaim.
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-s: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' by [[André Huguenet]], with a predominantly male cast plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and [[Johan Nell]]. They opened in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg then toured the country. In his reminiscences Huguenet tells of the disastrous opening night in Johannesburg, when van der Merwe lost her voice, and in an impromptu arrangement another singer ([[Rita]]) had to sing the song from behind the curtain, while the actress mimed on stage.
+: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' by [[André Huguenet]], with a predominantly male cast plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and [[Johan Nell]]. They opened in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg then toured the country. In his reminiscences Huguenet tells of the disastrous opening night in Johannesburg, when van der Merwe lost her voice, and in an impromptu arrangement Rita, (the other soprano who had auditioned for the role at the time) had to sing the song from behind the curtain, while the actress cast as "the nightingale" mimed on stage. After few days [[Sandra van der Merwe]]'s voice returned and the show could go on to acclaim.
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 https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-climax-9711
-[[André Huguenet|Huguenet, André]] 1950a. ''Applous! Die Kronieke van 'n Toneelspeler''. Kaapstad: [[HAUM]].
+[[André Huguenet|Huguenet, André]] 1950a. ''Applous! Die Kronieke van 'n Toneelspeler''. Kaapstad: [[HAUM]]: pp. 209-213.
 ''[[Filma]] (Kultuur)'', January 1946. 18.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-s: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' by [[André Huguenet]], with a predominantly male cast plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and [[Johan Nell]]. They opened in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg then toured the country.
+s: Produced in Afrikaans as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' by [[André Huguenet]], with a predominantly male cast plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and [[Johan Nell]]. They opened in the [[Standard Theatre]], Johannesburg then toured the country. In his reminiscences Huguenet tells of the disastrous opening night in Johannesburg, when van der Merwe lost her voice, and in an impromptu arrangement another singer ([[Rita]]) had to sing the song from behind the curtain, while the actress mimed on stage.
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 What may have been a slightly adapted version was produced at the Bijou Theatre, New York, in 1933, opening on 13 June, now billed with further additional music by Rachmaninov.[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-climax-9711]
-Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' ("The Nightingale")  in 1940s by an unnamed author (possibly the producer/director [[André Huguenet]] himself?), though with no reference to the original authors.
+Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' ("The Nightingale")  in 1940s by an unnamed author (possibly the producer/director [[André Huguenet]] himself, who did suggest the altered title), though with no reference to the original author.
 Filmed in in 1930 and again in 1944. The latter film, a horror movie produced by Universal Pictures and first released in the United States in 1944, is claimed by the producers to have been based on the play, but there is only a tenuous relationship between the play and the film.
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		+	[[André Huguenet\|Huguenet, André]] 1950a. ''Applous! Die Kronieke van 'n Toneelspeler''. Kaapstad: [[HAUM]].

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	Joseph Carl Breil. 1909. ''Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax"''. Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York.		Joseph Carl Breil. 1909. ''Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax"''. Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York.

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	Joseph Carl Breil. 1909. ''Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax"''. Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York.		Joseph Carl Breil. 1909. ''Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax"''. Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York.