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| − | French comedy ''[[Théodore et Cie]]'' by [[Paul Armont]] and [[Nicolas Nancey]].
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Translated and adapted into English as a musical comedy in two acts called ''[[Theodore & Co.]]'' by H. M. Harwood ()[] and George Grossmith Jr. ()[]. The music is by [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Jerome Kern]], with lyrics by [[Adrian Ross]] and [[Clifford Grey]]. It opened at the Gaiety Theatre in London on 19 September 1916 and became very popular.
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1917 – The first local production of''[[Theodore & Co.]]'' by the [[London Gaiety Co.]] opened on 19 March 1917 at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]] in Johannesburg. It was produced by [[Wybert Stamford]], with musical direction by [[Ernest Millar]] and sets by [[Frank Tyars]] and [[A.R. Martin]]. The large cast included [[Theodore Leonard]], [[Frank Harrison]], William Lester, Derek Downe, Nelson Hancock, Laurence Wensley, [[Grafton Williams]], Brian Kelley, Tom Clark, Patrick Brady, L.J. Stebbings, [[Thomas Pauncefort]], [[Billie Barlow]], [[Rita Reuas]], Blanche Browne, Ivy Louise, Beryl Record, Fame Bennett, Mabel Stuart, Patricia Denvers, Peggy Phyl, Eileen Searsoe, Gertrude Phillips, Winifred Vyvyan, Dorothy Hamilton, Kathlyn Beaumont, Madge Cass, [[Elise Hamilton]] (as Tommie Hamilton) and Nancy Benyon.
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| − | [[Rand Daily Mail]], 17 March 1917
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1866: Performed as ''[[Lucretia Borgia]]'' by the [[Le Roy-Duret Company]] in the [[Harrington Street Theatre]], Cape Town, on
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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]]: pp.203-205
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