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A musical with the book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. First produced on Broadway in 1966 with Angela Lansbury. [1]
Contents
The original text
Originally titled My Best Girl, it is based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and a 1956 Broadway play by Lawrence and Lee.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1982-1983: First produced in South Africa by Brickhill-Burke, with Joan Brickhill in the lead.
1990: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1990.
1994: Presented by CAPAB Musicals, first performed at the Nico Malan Theatre on 25 August 1994. Directed by David Matheson, musical director Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, choreographer Alfred Hinkel, set design by Johan Badenhorst, lighting design by John T. Baker, sound design by Robin Shuttleworth. The cast: Judy Page as Mame, also starring Diane Wilson, Glenn Swart, Steven Stead, Celeste Litkie and a large cast.
Sources
Mame theatre programme (CAPAB)), 1994.
Tucker, 1997.
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