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This play has also been ascribed to both Clifford Bax (1886-1962)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Bax] and Paul Géraldy (1885-1983)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_G%C3%A9raldy] by various South African sources. | This play has also been ascribed to both Clifford Bax (1886-1962)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Bax] and Paul Géraldy (1885-1983)[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_G%C3%A9raldy] by various South African sources. | ||
| + | which premiered on 12 April 1909, at Joseph W. Weber's Music Hall, New York City. | ||
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| + | Translated into [[Afrikaans]] as ''[[Die Nagtegaal]]'' ("The Nightingale") by ** in 19**. | ||
| − | + | Claimed by the producers to have been the source of a horror film called ''[[The Climax]]'', produced by Universal Pictures and first released in the United States in 1944, However there is but a tenuous relationship between the play and the film. | |
Produced by [[André Huguenet]] in 194* with a predominantly male cast plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and [[Johan Nell]]. | Produced by [[André Huguenet]] in 194* with a predominantly male cast plus a very young [[Sandra van der Merwe]] as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and [[Johan Nell]]. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
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Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax" Sheet music – January 1, 1909. (Author) Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax", Sheet music – Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York (January 1, 1909) January 1, 1909 | Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax" Sheet music – January 1, 1909. (Author) Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax", Sheet music – Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York (January 1, 1909) January 1, 1909 | ||
Revision as of 06:17, 1 December 2020
The Climax is a play in three acts by Edward Locke ()[], with incidental music by Joseph Carl Breil (1870 - 1926)[1].
This play has also been ascribed to both Clifford Bax (1886-1962)[2] and Paul Géraldy (1885-1983)[3] by various South African sources.
which premiered on 12 April 1909, at Joseph W. Weber's Music Hall, New York City.
Translated into Afrikaans as Die Nagtegaal ("The Nightingale") by ** in 19**.
Claimed by the producers to have been the source of a horror film called The Climax, produced by Universal Pictures and first released in the United States in 1944, However there is but a tenuous relationship between the play and the film.
Produced by André Huguenet in 194* with a predominantly male cast plus a very young Sandra van der Merwe as "the voice" of the nightingale, Huguenet and Johan Nell.
Sources
Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax" Sheet music – January 1, 1909. (Author) Song of the Soul: From the Incidental Music to Edward Locke's Drama "The Climax", Sheet music – Chappell & Co., Ltd., New York (January 1, 1909) January 1, 1909
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Bax
Filma (Kultuur), January 1946. 18.
According to a list of productions by Huguenet in the Oedipus Rex theatre programme (1956) The Climax is ascribed to French playwright Paul Géraldy (1885-1983)[4].
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