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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_Up_Your_Daughters
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_Up_Your_Daughters
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[[The Lodge Players]] theatre programme, 1982.
  
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122
 
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1977. p 122

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Lock Up Your Daughters is a musical based on an 18th-century comedy, Rape Upon Rape, by Henry Fielding and adapted by Bernard Miles. The lyrics were written by Lionel Bart and the music by Laurie Johnson. It was first produced on the London stage in 1959.

In 1969, it was made into a film starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, and Glynis Johns, but the songs were deleted.

Performance history in South Africa

1959: Presented by the Cockpit Players at the Hofmeyr Theatre in December, directed by Leonard Schach with musical direction by David Tidboald. Decor was by Patrick Stackhouse and choreography by Dulcie Howes. The cast were Arthur Cox, Joyce Grant, Jeannette James, Martinson James, Job Stewart, Dudley Tomlinson, Sidney Tomlinson, Charles Vernon.

1985: Produced by Sons of England and presented at the Baxter Theatre, directed by Yvonne Copley.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_Up_Your_Daughters

The Lodge Players theatre programme, 1982.

Inskip, 1977. p 122

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987

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