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''[[The Broken Melody]]'' is a musical comedy-drama in three-act play by Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner.  
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''[[The Broken Melody]]'' is a musical comedy-drama in three-act play by Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Tanner] .  
  
 
==The original text==
 
==The original text==

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The Broken Melody is a musical comedy-drama in three-act play by Herbert Keen and James T. Tanner (1858-1915)[1] .

The original text

Commissioned by actor-manager and musician Auguste van Biene as a vehicle for himself, it was first produced at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, on Thursday evening the 28th July 1892, with Auguste van Biene in the leading role.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_van_Biene

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, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.


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