Mame
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]
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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, that starred Rosalind Russell.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
First produced in South Africa by Brickhill-Burke, with Joan Brickhill in the lead.
Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1990.
Sources
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