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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | Presented by the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in December | + | 1959: Presented by the [[Cockpit Players]] at the [[Hofmeyr Theatre]] in December, directed by [[Leonard Schach]] with musical direction by [[David Tidboald]]. Decor was by [[Patrick Stackhouse]] and choreography by [[Dulcie Howes]]. The cast were [[Arthur Cox]], [[Joyce Grant]], [[Jeannette James]], [[Martinson James]], [[Job Stewart]], [[Dudley Tomlinson]], [[Sidney Tomlinson]], [[Charles Vernon]]. |
| − | Produced by Sons of England and presented at the [[Baxter Theatre]] | + | 1985: Produced by Sons of England and presented at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Yvonne Copley]]. |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 05:50, 23 June 2015
Lock Up Your Daughters is a musical based on an 18th-century comedy, Rape Upon Rape, by Henry Fielding and adapted by Bernard Miles. The lyrics were written by Lionel Bart and the music by Laurie Johnson. It was first produced on the London stage in 1959.
In 1969, it was made into a film starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, and Glynis Johns, but the songs were deleted.
Performance history in South Africa
1959: Presented by the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre in December, directed by Leonard Schach with musical direction by David Tidboald. Decor was by Patrick Stackhouse and choreography by Dulcie Howes. The cast were Arthur Cox, Joyce Grant, Jeannette James, Martinson James, Job Stewart, Dudley Tomlinson, Sidney Tomlinson, Charles Vernon.
1985: Produced by Sons of England and presented at the Baxter Theatre, directed by Yvonne Copley.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_Up_Your_Daughters
Inskip, 1977. p 122
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987
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