The Beauty of Bath
The Beauty of Bath is a musical play by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton. Lyrics by Charles H. Taylor. Music by Herbert E. Haines.
Contents
The original text
First performed in London at the Aldwych Theatre, 19 March 1906.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1907: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town by a visiting Gaiety Company under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company, the cast including Maimie Brickwell and Frank Greene.
Sources
British Musical Theatre: The Shows[1]
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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