The Casino Girl
The Casino Girl is a musical written by Harry B. Smith (1860-1936)[1], with music by Ludwig Engländer (1853-1914)[2].
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The original text
Libretto by Harry B. Smith, composed by Ludwig Englander, with interpolated numbers by John Philip Sousa, Harry T. MacConell, Reginald de Koven, Arthur Nevin, and Fred Solomon. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith, Sydney Rosenfeld and Harold Ellis, .
Produced by George W. Lederer, (1861-1938)[3], it was first performed in New York at the Casino Theatre, 19 March 1900; first performed in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 11 July 1900.
The sheet music originally published by E. Ascherberg & Co, London, 1900.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1903: Performed on tour in South Africa by the Royal Australian Opera Company under the management of the Wheeler Company, featuring among other Gertie Campion (as "Julie Bon Bon") and Dan O'Connor. Venues included the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town and His Majesty's Theatre, Johannesburg.
Sources
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100335007
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: p. 414.
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