The Messenger Boy
The Messenger Boy is a musical comedy in two acts by James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[1] and Alfred Murray.
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The original text
The lyrics for the play were by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and the music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton, with additional numbers by Paul Rubens.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1901: Performed by the Wheeler Brothers in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, in June, with a Gaiety Company that included Mabel Nelson, Harold Thorley and Mr Danby .
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Messenger_Boy
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 1932. (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.409
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