Sergeant Brue

Sergeant Brue is a musical farce by Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)[1] and Owen Hall (1853-1907)[2]

Some sources[3] also cite Jay Hickory Wood ()[] as one of the co-authors.

The original text

The play opened in London on 14 June 1904 and was then produced by Charles B. Dillingham at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York from 24 April 2 September 1905.

Published in London by Hopwood & Crew and in Boston by White-Smith Music Pub. Co., the copyright dated 1904.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Lehmann

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hall#:~:text=Owen%20Hall%20(10%20April%201853,when%20writing%20for%20the%20stage.

Wood, Jay Hickory -1913, Worldcat Identities [4]

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/sergeant-brue-6093

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: pp.203-205

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