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''The Sentimental Bloke'' is a 1961 Australian musical by Albert Arlen, Nancy Brown and Lloyd Thomson based on ''Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' by C.J. Dennis. It is one of the most successful Australian musicals of the 20th century.〔(Tony Sheldon, "Musical Theatre in Australia", ''Theatre Australia'', Sept-Oct 1977 ) reprinted in Australiammusicals.com accessed 24 January 2013〕 ==Development and productions== Albert Arlen and Nancy Brown had worked on the musical since 1950. Initially they sought the involvement of George Johnston, who showed little interest.〔(Max Brown, Charmian and George )〕 Later, the actor Lloyd Thomson was brought on board as writer. Arlen and Brown went to England in 1955 to promote the show. This was unsuccessful so they returned to Australia, borrowed some money, and self-produced the musical in an amateur production at Canberra's Albert Hall in March 1961. The cast included Edwin Ride and Brown. The show had a one-week run in Canberra, which was so popular that extra seating in the aisles had to be arranged. J. C. Williamson's directors Sir Frank Tait and John McCallum attended the final performance.〔(Albert Hall: Conservation Management and Landscape Plan )〕 Later that year, J.C Williamson's produced the musical professionally in Melbourne. The original six-week season at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre (from 4 November 1961), directed by John Young, was later extended to five months.〔(Bollen, Kiernander, Parr, Men at Play )〕 The roles of The Bloke, Doreen and Rose of Spadger's Lane were played by Edwin Ride (from the amateur Canberra production), Patsy Hemingway and Gloria Dawn respectively.〔(The Dictonary of Performing Arts in Australia )〕〔(ADB: Gloria Dawn )〕 Through 1962, the production toured to Adelaide (Tivoli Theatre), Brisbane (Her Majesty's Theatre), Sydney (Theatre Royal) and Auckland, New Zealand (His Majesty's Theatre). ''The Sentimental Bloke'' was revived professionally by Penrith's professional Q Theatre Company in April–May 1983, directed by Doreen Warburton. A subsequent professional production was staged by the Parramatta Cultural Centre and Q Theatre Company in March–April 1988, also directed by Warburton. Amateur theatre groups in Australia often perform the musical. The Australian Ballet developed a ballet version of ''The Sentimental Bloke'' choreographed by Robert Ray, with Arlen's music freely arranged by John Lanchbery. The Australian Ballet first presented this in 1985 in Australia, and subsequently on its tour of the Soviet Union. A second musical theatre adaptation of ''The Sentimental Bloke'', not related to the Arlen, Brown and Thomson version, was written by Graeme Blundell with music by George Dreyfus. It premiered by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre on 12 December 1985. This musical was subsequently produced in Perth (Western Australian Theatre Company 1986), Darwin (State Theatre Company of Northern Territory, 1987) and Brisbane (Royal Queensland Theatre Company, 1988). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sentimental Bloke (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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