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''[[The Blue Moon]]'' is a musical comedy in two acts credited to Howard Talbot (1865–1928)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Talbot] and Paul Rubens (1875–1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rubens_(composer)].  
 
''[[The Blue Moon]]'' is a musical comedy in two acts credited to Howard Talbot (1865–1928)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Talbot] and Paul Rubens (1875–1917)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rubens_(composer)].  
  
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==The original text==
  
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The play is set in India during the days of the British Raj and tells the story of a singing girl's love for a young British army officer. The stage play has a book originally written by Harold Ellis and revised by Alexander M. Thompson (1861–1948)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_M._Thompson], with music composed by Howard Talbot and Paul Rubens, and lyrics by Percy Greenbank (1878–1968)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank] and Rubens.
  
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Telling the story of the love of a singing girl for a young British army officer and set in India during the days of the British Raj, the play opened and ran in London in 1905, starring Courtice Pounds, and was then played in the English provinces and in America and Australia.
 
  
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The music for the play was composed by Howard Talbot and Paul Rubens, the lyrics written by Percy Greenbank (1878–1968)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Greenbank] and Rubens, and the book by originally written by Harold Ellis and revised by Alexander M. Thompson (1861–1948)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_M._Thompson].
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The play was originally staged in Northampton on 29 February 1904, with the original book by Harold Ellis, but since Ellis had died in the mean time, the book was revised by Alexander M. Thompson (credited as "A. M. Thompson") for the London production, which opened at the Lyric Theatre on 28 August 1905. It went on to play in the English provinces and in America and Australia.  
  
 
The text was published in London by Chappell & Co., 1905.
 
The text was published in London by Chappell & Co., 1905.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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== Sources ==
  
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Moon_(musical)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Moon_(musical)
  
 
Claire Mabilat. 2017. ''Orientalism and Representations of Music in the Nineteenth-Century British Popular Arts''. Routledge[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=xCwxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT71&lpg=PT71&dq=Harold+Ellis+lyricist&source=bl&ots=AJL4rGcqju&sig=29cBaTK3qTB8YTGR1PW7qzbAhOk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx0pSoo9LaAhVBLsAKHUbzBMIQ6AEIXzAK#v=onepage&q=Harold%20Ellis%20lyricist&f=false]
 
Claire Mabilat. 2017. ''Orientalism and Representations of Music in the Nineteenth-Century British Popular Arts''. Routledge[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=xCwxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT71&lpg=PT71&dq=Harold+Ellis+lyricist&source=bl&ots=AJL4rGcqju&sig=29cBaTK3qTB8YTGR1PW7qzbAhOk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjx0pSoo9LaAhVBLsAKHUbzBMIQ6AEIXzAK#v=onepage&q=Harold%20Ellis%20lyricist&f=false]
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[[Ludwig Wilhelm  Berthold Binge]]. 1969. ''Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950)''. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.
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[[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 [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1928. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika'', Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: [[J.H. de Bussy]]. [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/bosm012dram01_01/]: pp.
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[[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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[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]]. 1934. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl01_01/index.php]
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[[Elizabeth Conradie|Conradie, Elizabeth]],  1949. ''Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie''. Pretoria, [[J.H. de Bussy]] and Cape Town [[H.A.U.M.]].[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/conr002holl02_01/index.php]
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[[P.J. du Toit]]. 1988. ''Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika''. Pretoria: Academica
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[[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p. 
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[[Sydney Paul Gosher]].  1988. ''A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: [[University of South Africa]].
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[[William Groom]]. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. ''Cape Illustrated Magazine'', 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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[[Temple Hauptfleisch]]. 1997. ''Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror''. Pretoria: Van Schaik[http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85401]: pp.
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[[Peter Joyce]]. 1999. ''A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography''. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.
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[[John Christoffel Kannemeyer|J.C. Kannemeyer]] 1978. ''Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur'' I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk01_01/kann003gesk01_01_0012.php], pp.
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[[J.C. Kannemeyer]]. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/kann003gesk02_01/colofon.php]: pp.
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[[Ingmar Koch]]. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, ''Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans''. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[http://www.savn.org.za/images/stories/documents/TNA/TNA%2019972.pdf]
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[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge
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[[P.W. Laidler]]. 1926. ''The Annals of the Cape Stage''. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.
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[[Anna Minnaar-Vos]] 1969. ''Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van [[Hendrik Hanekom|Hendrik]] en [[Mathilde Hanekom]]''. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.
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[[Brian Astbury]].  1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.
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[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 
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Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. ''A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900'' Cambridge University Press[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=u9s8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA613&lpg=PA613&dq=Le+Bal+Masqu%C3%A9+Arthur+H.+Ward&source=bl&ots=j085voK1qt&sig=LGxx1zWIPYzXgxyp-fvQSpGG8vM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFsaPmkITaAhXJ7xQKHVePC1kQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=Le%20Bal%20Masqu%C3%A9%20Arthur%20H.%20Ward&f=false]
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[[J.A. Worp]]. 1972. ''Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland''. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/worp001gesc02_01/worp001gesc02_01_0028.php]
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Joris Baers (1888-1975): ''Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een''[http://doczz.nl/doc/783/joris-baers--1888-1975---algemeene-tooneelbibliotheek-een]
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http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Revision as of 08:57, 24 April 2018

The Blue Moon is a musical comedy in two acts credited to Howard Talbot (1865–1928)[1] and Paul Rubens (1875–1917)[2].

The original text

The play is set in India during the days of the British Raj and tells the story of a singing girl's love for a young British army officer. The stage play has a book originally written by Harold Ellis and revised by Alexander M. Thompson (1861–1948)[3], with music composed by Howard Talbot and Paul Rubens, and lyrics by Percy Greenbank (1878–1968)[4] and Rubens.


The play was originally staged in Northampton on 29 February 1904, with the original book by Harold Ellis, but since Ellis had died in the mean time, the book was revised by Alexander M. Thompson (credited as "A. M. Thompson") for the London production, which opened at the Lyric Theatre on 28 August 1905. It went on to play in the English provinces and in America and Australia.

The text was published in London by Chappell & Co., 1905.


Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Moon_(musical)

Claire Mabilat. 2017. Orientalism and Representations of Music in the Nineteenth-Century British Popular Arts. Routledge[5]

Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold Binge. 1969. Ontwikkeling van die Afrikaanse toneel (1832-1950). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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. 1928. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel I: 1652-1855. Pretoria: J.H. de Bussy. [6]: pp.

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

Conradie, Elizabeth. 1934. Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 1 (1652-1875) 'n Kultuur-historische studie. Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy and Cape Town H.A.U.M..[7]

Conradie, Elizabeth, 1949. Hollandse skrywers uit Suid-Afrika. Deel 2 (1875-1905) 'n Kultuur-historische studie. Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy and Cape Town H.A.U.M..[8]

P.J. du Toit. 1988. Amateurtoneel in Suid-Afrika. Pretoria: Academica

Jill Fletcher. 1994. The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930. Cape Town: Vlaeberg: p.

Sydney Paul Gosher. 1988. A historical and critical survey of the South African one-act play written in English. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Pretoria: University of South Africa.

William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.

Temple Hauptfleisch. 1997. Theatre and Society in South Africa: Reflections in a Fractured Mirror. Pretoria: Van Schaik[9]: pp.

Peter Joyce. 1999. A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography. Cape Town: Francolin Publishers.

J.C. Kannemeyer 1978. Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur I. Pretoria: Academica. (Second edition, 1984[10], pp.

J.C. Kannemeyer. 1984. ‘’Geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse Literatuur’’2[11]: pp.

Ingmar Koch. 1997. Het ochtendgloren boven Kaapstad. Nederlandse rederijkers in Kaapstad, Tydskrif vir Nederlands & Afrikaans. (4de Jaargang, Nommer 2. Desember)[12]

Loren Kruger 1999. The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910 London: Routledge


P.W. Laidler. 1926. The Annals of the Cape Stage. Edinburgh: William Bryce: p.

Anna Minnaar-Vos 1969. Die Spel Gaan Voort: Die Verhaal van Hendrik en Mathilde Hanekom. Kaapstad: Tafelberg, pp. 96-110.

Brian Astbury. 1979. The Space/Die Ruimte/Indawo. Cape Town: Moira and Azriel Fine.


Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.

Allardyce Nicoll. 1975. A History of English Drama 1660-1900: Late 19th Century Drama 1850-1900 Cambridge University Press[13]

J.A. Worp. 1972. Geschiedenis van het Drama en van het Tooneel in Nederland. Deel 2, Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL)[14]

Joris Baers (1888-1975): Algemeene Tooneelbibliotheek Een[15]

http://www.domus.ac.za/afrikaans/images/Programme%20in%20DOMUS(2).pdf

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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