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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
Often produced in South Africa. The first production was at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in May 1957, directed by [[Sandy Wilson]], starring [[Ivan Berold]], [[June Hern]], [[Shirley Hepburn]], [[Maureen Adair]] and [[Bruce Anderson]] with sets and costumes by [[Pamela Lewis]] and [[Heather MacDonald-Rouse]], and musical direction by [[Gertrude Walsh]].
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1957: Often produced in South Africa. The first production was at the [[Brooke Theatre]] in May 1957, directed by [[Sandy Wilson]], starring [[Ivan Berold]], [[June Hern]], [[Shirley Hepburn]], [[Maureen Adair]] and [[Bruce Anderson]] with sets and costumes by [[Pamela Lewis]] and [[Heather MacDonald-Rouse]], and musical direction by [[Gertrude Walsh]].
  
Directed by [[Noël Roos]] for [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in October 1980, starring, among others, [[Natalia de Rocha]] and [[Joanie Combrink]].
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1980: Directed by [[Noël Roos]] for [[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch|University Theatre Stellenbosch]] in the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] in October 1980, starring, among others, [[Natalia de Rocha]] and [[Joanie Combrink]].
  
Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1981.
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1981: Staged by the [[Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society]] in 1981.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 15:54, 20 July 2017

The Boy Friend is a 1953 musical by Sandy Wilson. A pastiche of 1920’s music. (Sometimes misspelled The Boyfriend). [1]

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Performance history in South Africa

1957: Often produced in South Africa. The first production was at the Brooke Theatre in May 1957, directed by Sandy Wilson, starring Ivan Berold, June Hern, Shirley Hepburn, Maureen Adair and Bruce Anderson with sets and costumes by Pamela Lewis and Heather MacDonald-Rouse, and musical direction by Gertrude Walsh.

1980: Directed by Noël Roos for University Theatre Stellenbosch in the H.B. Thom Theatre in October 1980, starring, among others, Natalia de Rocha and Joanie Combrink.

1981: Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 1981.

Sources

UTS theatre programme.

Tucker, 1997. 106-107, 250.

Brooke 1978. 256.


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