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''[[The Shop Girl]]'' is a musical farce by Ivan Caryll ()[],  H. J. W. Dam ()[], Adrian Ross ()[] and Lionel Monckton ()[].
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''[[The Shop Girl]]'' is a musical farce in two acts by H.J.W. Dam ()[], Ivan Caryll ()[],  Adrian Ross ()[] and Lionel Monckton ()[].
  
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==The original text==
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The words for the play were by H.J.W. Dam, with music by Ivan Caryll and additional numbers by Adrian Ross and Lionel Monckton.
  
 
An early example of what became known as "Edwardian musical comedy" and - along with '''''[[A Gaiety Girl]]''''' (Hall, 1893) - part of the [[Gaiety]]  movement and among the first of many other "girl"-themed musicals.  
 
An early example of what became known as "Edwardian musical comedy" and - along with '''''[[A Gaiety Girl]]''''' (Hall, 1893) - part of the [[Gaiety]]  movement and among the first of many other "girl"-themed musicals.  
  
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Published in London by Hopwood & Crew, copyrighted in 1895.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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1894: Performed in South Africa in the second half of the year by the '''[[Cairns James Company]]''' as part of their season in the [[Good Hope Theatre]], Cape Town, under the auspices of the [[Wheeler Theatre Company]].
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== Sources ==
  
Published in London by Hopwood & Crew, copyrighted in 1895.
 
 
https://www.worldcat.org/title/shop-girl-musical-farce/oclc/9225865
 
https://www.worldcat.org/title/shop-girl-musical-farce/oclc/9225865
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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 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.400
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
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Revision as of 05:55, 21 January 2020

The Shop Girl is a musical farce in two acts by H.J.W. Dam ()[], Ivan Caryll ()[], Adrian Ross ()[] and Lionel Monckton ()[].

The original text

The words for the play were by H.J.W. Dam, with music by Ivan Caryll and additional numbers by Adrian Ross and Lionel Monckton.

An early example of what became known as "Edwardian musical comedy" and - along with A Gaiety Girl (Hall, 1893) - part of the Gaiety movement and among the first of many other "girl"-themed musicals.

Published in London by Hopwood & Crew, copyrighted in 1895.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1894: Performed in South Africa in the second half of the year by the Cairns James Company as part of their season in the Good Hope Theatre, Cape Town, under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatre Company.

Sources

https://www.worldcat.org/title/shop-girl-musical-farce/oclc/9225865


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: p.400

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page