 Event |
The Cingalee, or Sunny Ceylon
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| Venue |
Theatre Royal (1875-1972), Sydney, NSW |
| First Date |
27 January 1912 |
| Last Date |
16 February 1912 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
The Cingalee is set in Ceylon and concerns colonial tea planters (one of the most popular songs in the score is called simply "Tea, tea, tea"!) in an era before this island paradise became the more troubled Sri Lanka. It was given a showy production and was a success in London. The fashion there for shows set in Asian locales had been started by The Mikado and continued by The Geisha, San Toy, The Nautch Girl, A Chinese Honeymoon and others. There is little in the music to give The Cingalee an Eastern flavour. However, Monckton's catchy sextet, "The Island of Gay Ceylon" and "Pearl of Sweet Ceylon" and Ruben's "White and Brown Girl", "Sloe Eyes", "Monkeys" and "You and I" are highlights of the musical score. |
| Primary Genre |
Music Theatre
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| Secondary Genre |
Musical
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| Contributors |
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| Resources |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
England
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Sourced from programme for 'The Quaker Girl', Her Majesty's Theatre (Sydney), 1912.
The Cingalee, or Sunny Ceylon is a musical play in two acts by James T. Tanner, with music by Lionel Monckton, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and additional material by Paul Rubens. It opened at Daly's Theatre in London, managed by George Edwardes, on March 5, 1904 and ran until March 11, 1905 for a t
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme Advertisement |
Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library |
| Thesis |
Heckenberg |
| Programme |
PROMPT Collection, NLA, J C Williamson Theatre Scrapbook 8, vol 2, page 54 |
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| Event Identifier |
31130 |
| Dataset |
AusStage |
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