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''[[Gentleman Joe, The Hansom Cabbie]]'' is a farcical musical comedy with music by Walter Slaughter and a libretto by Basil Hood. | ''[[Gentleman Joe, The Hansom Cabbie]]'' is a farcical musical comedy with music by Walter Slaughter and a libretto by Basil Hood. | ||
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Revision as of 17:25, 31 July 2019
Gentleman Joe, The Hansom Cabbie is a farcical musical comedy with music by Walter Slaughter and a libretto by Basil Hood.
Also found simply as Gentleman Joe
Contents
The original text
The original production of the musical opened at the Prince of Wales's Theatre on 2 March 1895 and ran for a very successful 391 performances.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1902-3: Performed as Gentleman Joe by the Mouillot-De Jong Company, at the Opera House, Cape Town, as part of a season of musical comedy and light opera beginning in December of 1902 and running into 1903.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_Joe
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 1923. (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.
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