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''[[Lilac Time]]'' can refer to a play, a stage musical, various films, and a novel.  
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'''''[[Lilac Time]]'' can refer to a play, a stage musical, various films, and a novel.'''
  
The stage versions include:  
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'''The stage versions include:'''
  
 
=''[[Lilac Time]]'', a romantic play by Jane Cowl (1884-1950)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Cowl] and Jane Murfin (1884-1955)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin]=   
 
=''[[Lilac Time]]'', a romantic play by Jane Cowl (1884-1950)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Cowl] and Jane Murfin (1884-1955)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Murfin]=   
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The text was never published in play form, only in a novelized form, based on the  1928 film version, featuring Gary Cooper.
 
The text was never published in play form, only in a novelized form, based on the  1928 film version, featuring Gary Cooper.
  
=''[[Lilac Time]]'' the musical=
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==Translations and adaptations==
  
''[[Lilac Time]]'' is the title of an English stage musical based on the operetta ''[[Das Dreimäderlhaus]]'' by A.M. Willner and Heinz Reichert,
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Filmed as a silent movie by John McCormick and distributed by First National Pictures in 1928.
  
'''See ''[[Das Dreimäderlhaus]]'''''
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
with the music by Franz Schubert, adapted by Heinrich Berté and C.H. Clutsam. The work is adapted from the novel ''Schwammerl'' by Dr. Raimer H. Bartsch.  
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1957: Presented by [[East London Technical College Drama Club]] at the [[East London City Hall]], produced by [[Mary Howe]].
  
The English book and lyrics are by Adrian Ross.
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== Sources ==
  
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https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-cowl-6644
  
Raimundtheater, Vienna - 15 January, 1916
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https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-murfin-6650
Lyric Theatre, London - 22 December, 1922
 
Ambassador's Theatre, Broadway - 29 September, 1921 (as Blossom Time: adapted by Dorothy Donnelly and music arranged by Signmund Romberg)
 
For amateur performance there is a new adaptation by Phil Park and Ronald Hanmer
 
  
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http://www.ww1plays.com/2015/04/two-women-playwrights-named-jane.html
  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac_Time_(1928_film)
  
== Translations and adaptations ==
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[[Arts Theatre Club]] archive held by [[George Mountjoy]].
  
Music from [[Franz Schubert]] arranged by [[H Herbert]] and [[Clutsam]]. Book by [[Dr A M Willner]] and [[H Reichert]] and adapted by [[Adrian Ross]].
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=''[[Lilac Time]]'' the musical (1922)=
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
  
1953: The play was presented by the [[Port Elizabeth Musical and Dramatic Society]] in November.  Directed by [[Leontine Sagan]],  
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''[[Lilac Time]]'' is an English title for the German operetta '''''[[Das Dreimäderlhaus]]''''' by A.M. Willner and Heinz Reichert, with the English book and lyrics written by Adrian Ross.
with [[Percy W Pickering]], [[Phyllis C Taylor]], [[Molly Tomalin]], [[Ruth Thomas]], [[Bill Turner]], [[Victor Borgognano]], [[Carl Scott]], [[Rupert Bellairs]], [[Monica Hunter]], [[Joyce Scotcher]], [[Valerie Stirk]], [[Basil Lavender]], [[William Woodin]], [[Arthur White]], [[George Jones]], [[Ernest Barnes]], [[Ronald W Davis]], [[Colin Neilson]], [[Wynton Ferreira]], [[Nellie Bonny]], [[Elaine Campbell]], and [[Molly Kauffman]].  
 
  
Musical Director: [[Robert Selley]]. Dancing Mistress: [[Bessie Collett]]. Stage Manager: [[Cliff Collett]]. Lighting: [[A Alyn Lane]]. Props: [[Joan Adey]]. Prompts: [[Ivy Foster]] and [[Lorraine Victor]]. Wardrobe Mistress: [[Nellie Bonny]]. Business and Publicity: [[Harold Davidson]]. Programme Cover Design: [[Maurice Weightman]]. Set Designed by [[Solly Price]]. Costumes executed under the personal supervision of [[Leontine Sagan]].
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Also found as ''[[Blossom Time]]'', in a version adapted by Dorothy Donnelly with music arranged by Signmund Romberg (performed 1921).  
  
== Sources ==
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'''See ''[[Das Dreimäderlhaus]]'''''
  
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= Sources =
  
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http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_l/lilac_time.htm
  
 
''Lilac Time'' theatrical programme - 1953.
 
''Lilac Time'' theatrical programme - 1953.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontine_Sagan
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontine_Sagan
  
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-cowl-6644
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[[Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow]]. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].
  
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-murfin-6650
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
  
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Latest revision as of 12:46, 27 April 2024

Lilac Time can refer to a play, a stage musical, various films, and a novel.

The stage versions include:

Lilac Time, a romantic play by Jane Cowl (1884-1950)[1] and Jane Murfin (1884-1955)[2]

The original text

Set in rural France during the First World War, not far from the front. It was springtime and the lilacs were in bloom. TThe story centres on a budding romance between a lovely rural French maiden and a handsome, courageous British soldier.

The play opened for the first time on Broadway in New York City on February 6, 1917, produced at the Republic Theatre by Selwyn & Co. and starring Jane Cowl.

The text was never published in play form, only in a novelized form, based on the 1928 film version, featuring Gary Cooper.

Translations and adaptations

Filmed as a silent movie by John McCormick and distributed by First National Pictures in 1928.

Performance history in South Africa

1957: Presented by East London Technical College Drama Club at the East London City Hall, produced by Mary Howe.

Sources

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-cowl-6644

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jane-murfin-6650

http://www.ww1plays.com/2015/04/two-women-playwrights-named-jane.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac_Time_(1928_film)

Arts Theatre Club archive held by George Mountjoy.

Lilac Time the musical (1922)

Lilac Time is an English title for the German operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus by A.M. Willner and Heinz Reichert, with the English book and lyrics written by Adrian Ross.

Also found as Blossom Time, in a version adapted by Dorothy Donnelly with music arranged by Signmund Romberg (performed 1921).

See Das Dreimäderlhaus

Sources

http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_l/lilac_time.htm

Lilac Time theatrical programme - 1953.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leontine_Sagan

Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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