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| − | ''[[The Girl Behind the Counter]]'' is a musical farce by Leedham Bantock ()[] and Arthur Anderson ()[], with music by Howard Talbot ()[]. | + | ''[[The Girl Behind the Counter]]'' is a musical farce in two acts by Leedham Bantock ()[] and Arthur Anderson ()[], with music by Howard Talbot ()[]. |
| − | It opened at Wyndham's Theatre, London, on 21 April 1906, and ran for 141 performances in the original London production. An adaptation ("freely adapted and reconstructed by Edgar Smith") ran on Broadway in 1907–08. [ | + | ==The original text== |
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| + | It opened at Wyndham's Theatre, London, on 21 April 1906, and ran for 141 performances in the original London production. An adaptation ("freely adapted and reconstructed by Edgar Smith") ran on Broadway in 1907–08. | ||
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| + | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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| + | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | : Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
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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.203-205 | ||
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| + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[Main Page]] | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 11 February 2020
The Girl Behind the Counter is a musical farce in two acts by Leedham Bantock ()[] and Arthur Anderson ()[], with music by Howard Talbot ()[].
Contents
The original text
It opened at Wyndham's Theatre, London, on 21 April 1906, and ran for 141 performances in the original London production. An adaptation ("freely adapted and reconstructed by Edgar Smith") ran on Broadway in 1907–08.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
- Performed as Lucretia Borgia by the Le Roy-Duret Company in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on
Sources
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 1932. (Reprinted in 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.203-205
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
