The Beauty of Bath

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

Based loosely on the play David Garrick, with additional songs provided by Jerome Kern (lyrics and music), F. Clifford Harris (lyrics) and P. G. Wodehouse (lyrics).

The piece was produced by Charles Frohman, opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 19 March 1906, moved on 26 December 1906 to the newly built Hicks Theatre and ran for a total of 287 performances. It starred Hicks and his wife, Ellaline Terriss. Zena Dare later joined the cast, replacing Terriss.

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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