Template:Did you know nominations/Margaret Kennedy (singer)
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:46, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
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Margaret Kennedy (singer)[edit]
... that Margaret Kennedy created the male part of Captain Macheath in The Beggar's Opera?
- Reviewed: Capon Chapel
Created by Missvain (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 13:45, 5 February 2015 (UTC).
- Gerda, the hook is not true and is not supported by the ref. The Beggar's Opera premiered in 1728. Margaret Kennedy did not make her stage debut until 1775/1776 (almost 50 years later). She did appear in a famous production of it in 1777, for which Thomas Arne wrote the additional song, "A-Hunting We Will Go". I suggest the following accurate and referenced hook.
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- ALT1... that Margaret Kennedy (pictured as Captain Macheath) was the first person to perform Thomas Arne's song "A-Hunting We Will Go"?
- Voceditenore (talk) 15:13, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you, I took too little time, sorry. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:41, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
This article is new enough and long enough. The hook is sourced to an online book which does not allow me access to the page concerned, so the ALT1 hook facts are accepted in good faith. The image is in the public domain, the article is neutral and I detected no policy issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:41, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
