Difference between revisions of "Coquin de Printemps!"
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==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
| − | Translated and adapted as a an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts called '''''[[The Spring Chicken]]''''' by George Grossmith, Jr. (1874-1935)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grossmith_Jr], with music by Ivan Caryll (1861-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Caryll#:~:text=F%C3%A9lix%20Marie%20Henri%20Tilkin%20(12,forty%20musical%20comedies%20and%20operettas.] and Lionel Monckton (1861-1924)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Monckton] and lyrics by Adrian Ross (), Percy Greenbank () and Grossmith. | + | Translated and adapted as a an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts called '''''[[The Spring Chicken]]''''' by George Grossmith, Jr. (1874-1935)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grossmith_Jr], with music by Ivan Caryll (1861-1921)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Caryll#:~:text=F%C3%A9lix%20Marie%20Henri%20Tilkin%20(12,forty%20musical%20comedies%20and%20operettas.] and Lionel Monckton (1861-1924)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Monckton] and lyrics by Adrian Ross (1859-1933)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Ross], Percy Greenbank (1878-1968)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank] and Grossmith. |
First produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London by George Edwardes, it opening on 30 May 1905 and on Broadway in 1906. The text and score published by Chappell & Co., in 1905. | First produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London by George Edwardes, it opening on 30 May 1905 and on Broadway in 1906. The text and score published by Chappell & Co., in 1905. | ||
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Monckton | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Monckton | ||
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Caryll#:~:text=F%C3%A9lix%20Marie%20Henri%20Tilkin%20(12,forty%20musical%20comedies%20and%20operettas. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Caryll#:~:text=F%C3%A9lix%20Marie%20Henri%20Tilkin%20(12,forty%20musical%20comedies%20and%20operettas. | ||
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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.) | [[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.) | ||
Latest revision as of 06:44, 7 June 2021
Coquin de Printemps! ("Spring chicken") is a vaudeville in four acts by Adolphe Jaime (1825-1901)[1] and Georges Duval (1847-1919)[2].
Also found as Coquin de Printemps.
Contents
The original text
First performed at the Théâtre des Folies dramatiques in Paris on 13 June, 1888
Published in Paris by P. Ollendorff in 1890.
Translations and adaptations
Translated and adapted as a an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts called The Spring Chicken by George Grossmith, Jr. (1874-1935)[3], with music by Ivan Caryll (1861-1921)[4] and Lionel Monckton (1861-1924)[5] and lyrics by Adrian Ross (1859-1933)[6], Percy Greenbank (1878-1968)[7] and Grossmith.
First produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London by George Edwardes, it opening on 30 May 1905 and on Broadway in 1906. The text and score published by Chappell & Co., in 1905.
Performance history in South Africa
1908: Performed in English as The Spring Chicken at the start of the year, as part of the repertoire of a new (but unnamed) Gaiety Company appearing at the Opera House, Cape Town, probably under the auspices of the Wheeler Brothers.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Ollendorp edition of Coquin de Printemps, The Internet Archive[8]
https://data.bnf.fr/fr/39499732/ce_coquin_de_printemps_spectacle_1888/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Jaime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Duval_(journalist)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spring_Chicken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grossmith_Jr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Monckton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Ross
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank
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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