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''[[Musical Melange]]'' is obviously the name often given to an evening of musical entertainment.   
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''[[Musical Melange]]'' is the name often given to an evening of mixed musical entertainment.   
  
In at least one case it is the name given to a specific act by the [[Darkie Serenaders]] and "Mr [[Percy Howard]]" (Cape Town, 1866).
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In at least one case it is the name given to a '''specific act''' in an evening of entertainment.
  
==The original text==
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=''[[Musical Melange]]'' by the [[Darkie Serenaders]] and "Mr [[Percy Howard]]" (Cape Town, 1866)=
  
 
Described as a "''[[Musical Melange]]''" it was created and performed by the [[Darkie Serenaders]] and "Mr [[Percy Howard]]",  probably as an occasion specific act, when they participated in a benefit performance for the actor manager [[J.H. le Roy]].
 
Described as a "''[[Musical Melange]]''" it was created and performed by the [[Darkie Serenaders]] and "Mr [[Percy Howard]]",  probably as an occasion specific act, when they participated in a benefit performance for the actor manager [[J.H. le Roy]].
  
==Translations and adaptations==
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==Performances==
the [[Darkie Serenaders]] and "Mr [[Percy Howard]]",
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
  
 
1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]], aided by "A Host of Amateur Voluntary Aid",  in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 25 October, as part of a benefit for [[Le Roy]]. Also on offer were ''[[Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' (Matthews), an "(a)musing sketch, arranged for the occasion", ''[[Left the Stage, or Thornton Worrying Le Roy]]'', a dance ("La Cachuca") by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]], and a farewell address by [[Mrs Duret]].
 
1866: Performed by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]], aided by "A Host of Amateur Voluntary Aid",  in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on 25 October, as part of a benefit for [[Le Roy]]. Also on offer were ''[[Who Killed Cock Robin?]]'' (Matthews), an "(a)musing sketch, arranged for the occasion", ''[[Left the Stage, or Thornton Worrying Le Roy]]'', a dance ("La Cachuca") by [[Mrs Brazier]] and [[Mrs Luin]], and a farewell address by [[Mrs Duret]].
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Revision as of 05:16, 20 June 2020

Musical Melange is the name often given to an evening of mixed musical entertainment.

In at least one case it is the name given to a specific act in an evening of entertainment.

Musical Melange by the Darkie Serenaders and "Mr Percy Howard" (Cape Town, 1866)

Described as a "Musical Melange" it was created and performed by the Darkie Serenaders and "Mr Percy Howard", probably as an occasion specific act, when they participated in a benefit performance for the actor manager J.H. le Roy.

Performances

1866: Performed by the Le Roy-Duret Company, aided by "A Host of Amateur Voluntary Aid", in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, on 25 October, as part of a benefit for Le Roy. Also on offer were Who Killed Cock Robin? (Matthews), an "(a)musing sketch, arranged for the occasion", Left the Stage, or Thornton Worrying Le Roy, a dance ("La Cachuca") by Mrs Brazier and Mrs Luin, and a farewell address by Mrs Duret.

Sources

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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