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| − | The libretto was by Tanner, with lyrics supplied by Adrian Ross ()[] and Percy Greenbank ()[] and the music by Ivan Caryll ()[] and Lionel Monckton ()[]. | + | The libretto was by Tanner, with lyrics supplied by Adrian Ross (1859-1933)[] and Percy Greenbank (1878-1968)[] and the music by Ivan Caryll (1861-1921)[] and Lionel Monckton (1861-1924)[]. |
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| + | The libretto published in London by Chappell & Co., c1903.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6qz26344&view=1up&seq=3] | ||
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| + | Facsimile version of the published libretto, [[Hathi Trust Digital Library]][https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t6qz26344&view=1up&seq=3] | ||
[[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | [[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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.) | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 3 December 2020
The Orchid is a musical play in two acts by J.T. Tanner ()[]
Contents
The original text
The libretto was by Tanner, with lyrics supplied by Adrian Ross (1859-1933)[] and Percy Greenbank (1878-1968)[] and the music by Ivan Caryll (1861-1921)[] and Lionel Monckton (1861-1924)[].
The libretto published in London by Chappell & Co., c1903.[1]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1905: Performed in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, opening on 31 March with a company that included Maud Thorne, Sybil Thorne, Daisy Wallace, Myles Clifton and Victor Gouriet in the cast.
Sources
Facsimile version of the published libretto, Hathi Trust Digital Library[2]
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 1932. (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.422, 425, 429, 438.
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