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Music of The Bahamas - A Docu-Musical
"Just Over in the Glory Land"

Peter Lay it Down | Just Over in the Glory Land | I Am So Glad | Death
Somebodys Dying Every Day | Out On The Rolling Sea | I Bid You Goodnight

Music of The Bahamas is a docu-musical adapted from E. Clement Bethel's master's thesis in ethnomusicology. Written by Nicolette Bethel and Philip A. Burrows. Directed by Philip A. Burrows. First performed in 1991 for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and again in 1992 during the Quincentennial Season of the Dundas Repertory Company. Revived in 2002 by Ringplay Productions. It again was produced by Shakespeare in Paradise in 2010.


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