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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
''[[The Belle of New York]]'' opened in the Casino Theatre, New York on 28 September 1897, produced by George W. Lederer.
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A musical about a Salvation Army girl who reforms a spendthrift, makes a great sacrifice and finds true love, the play opened in the Casino Theatre, New York on 28 September 1897, produced by George W. Lederer.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 05:23, 3 April 2018

The Belle of New York is a musical play in two acts by Hugh Morton (libretto) and Gustav Kerker (music).

The original text

A musical about a Salvation Army girl who reforms a spendthrift, makes a great sacrifice and finds true love, the play opened in the Casino Theatre, New York on 28 September 1897, produced by George W. Lederer.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1902: Performed in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Mouillot Company, under the auspices of Frank de Jongh and featuring William Cromwell as the "Polite Lunatic".

1903: Performed again in the Opera House, Cape Town, by the Mouillot Company, under the auspices of Frank de Jongh.

Sources

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-belle-of-new-york-454016


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. 411, 414


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