The Beauty of Bath

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The Beauty of Bath is a musical play by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton. Lyrics by Charles H. Taylor. Music by Herbert E. Haines.

The original text

First performed in London at the Aldwych Theatre, 19 March 1906.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1907: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town by a visiting Gaiety Company under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company, the cast including Maimie Brickwell and Frank Greene.

Sources

British Musical Theatre: The Shows[1]

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 1923. (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.


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