Difference between revisions of "Mame"
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== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
| − | First produced in South Africa by [[Brickhill-Burke]], with [[Joan Brickhill]] in the lead. | + | 1982-1983: First produced in South Africa by [[Brickhill-Burke]], with [[Joan Brickhill]] in the lead. |
| − | Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1990. | + | 1990: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1990. |
| − | Presented by [[CAPAB]] Musicals, first performed at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 25 August 1994. Directed by [[David Matheson]], musical director [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]], choreographer [[Alfred Hinkel]], set design by [[Johan Badenhorst]], lighting design by [[John T. Baker]], sound design by [[Robin Shuttleworth]]. The cast: [[Judy Page]] as Mame, also starring [[Diane Wilson]], [[Glenn Swart]], [[Steven Stead]], [[Celeste Litkie]] and a large cast. | + | 1994: Presented by [[CAPAB]] Musicals, first performed at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] on 25 August 1994. Directed by [[David Matheson]], musical director [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]], choreographer [[Alfred Hinkel]], set design by [[Johan Badenhorst]], lighting design by [[John T. Baker]], sound design by [[Robin Shuttleworth]]. The cast: [[Judy Page]] as Mame, also starring [[Diane Wilson]], [[Glenn Swart]], [[Steven Stead]], [[Celeste Litkie]] and a large cast. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
Revision as of 08:46, 31 May 2018
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]
Contents
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.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1982-1983: First produced in South Africa by Brickhill-Burke, with Joan Brickhill in the lead.
1990: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1990.
1994: Presented by CAPAB Musicals, first performed at the Nico Malan Theatre on 25 August 1994. Directed by David Matheson, musical director Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, choreographer Alfred Hinkel, set design by Johan Badenhorst, lighting design by John T. Baker, sound design by Robin Shuttleworth. The cast: Judy Page as Mame, also starring Diane Wilson, Glenn Swart, Steven Stead, Celeste Litkie and a large cast.
Sources
Mame theatre programme (CAPAB)), 1994.
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