The Broken Melody
The Broken Melody is a musical comedy-drama in three-act play by Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[1], with a musical score by Auguste van Biene (1849–1913)[2].
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Commissioned by actor-manager and musician Auguste van Biene as a vehicle for himself, it was first produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, on Thursday evening the 28th July 1892, with Auguste van Biene in the leading role.
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Performance history in South Africa
1903: Performed by the Van Biene company in the Good Hope Theatre on 13 July, before what Boonzaier refers to as "one of the biggest audiences ever assembled in that theatre".
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_van_Biene
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, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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