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Revision as of 06:18, 20 September 2020
Miss Hook of Holland is a musical play by Paul A. Reubens ()[] and A Hurgon ()[].
Contents
The original text
Styled a "Dutch Musical Incident") in two acts, with music and lyrics by Paul Rubens with a book by Austen Hurgon and Rubens. The show was produced by Frank Curzon and opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 31 January 1907, running for a very successful 462 performances. It starred Harry Grattan and Isabel Jay.[1]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1909: Produced for the first time in South Africa by the Wheeler Brothers in the first quarter of the year, with a cast that included Maud Ashton (as "Sally"), Foster Courtenay ("Mr Hook") and Alfred Beers ("Slinks").
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
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