I Love my Wife

I Love my Wife is an adult musical comedy [1]. Book and lyrics by Michael Stewart, music composed and arranged by Cy Coleman from a play by Luis Rego.

The original text

Published by Samuel French, ISBN: 9780573681103.

Performance history in South Africa

1978-1979: Produced by Brickhill-Burke at His Majesty's Theatre in 1978, after which the production went on a nationwide tour, including the Baxter Theatre in 1979. Director and Choreographer: Joan Brickhill, Louis Burke. The cast: Jessica Jones, Erica Rogers, Michael McGovern, Barry Jarman, Eddie Eckstein, Pete Clifford, Paul Ditchfield, Tobie Cronjé with The Bats.

1982: At the Civic Theatre, Johannesburg, Brickhill-Burke brought back their great success, opening 25 May. After a run in Sydney, Australia, it returned to the Civic with cast changes.

Sources

I Love My Wife theatre programme, 1979.

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.

Tucker, 1997.

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