A Runaway Girl
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Seymour Hicks
Sir Arthur Seymour Hicks , better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer. He married the actress Ellaline Terriss in 1893...
and Harry Nicholls. The composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
was Ivan Caryll
Ivan Caryll
Félix Marie Henri Tilkin , better known by his pen name Ivan Caryll, was a Belgian composer of operettas and Edwardian musical comedies in the English language...
, with additional music by Lionel Monckton
Lionel Monckton
Lionel John Alexander Monckton was an English writer and composer of musical theatre. He was Britain's most popular musical theatre composer of the early years of the 20th century.-Early life:...
and lyrics by Aubrey Hopwood (son of John Turner Hopwood
John Turner Hopwood
John Turner Hopwood was an English Liberal Party politician, and barrister.He was the only son of Robert and Elizabeth Hopwood . His paternal grandfather, also named Robert, was the second mayor of Blackburn...
) and Harry Greenbank
Harry Greenbank
Harry Greenbank was an English author and dramatist best known for contributing lyrics to the successful series musicals produced at Daly's Theatre by George Edwardes in the 1890s.-Life and career:...
. It was produced by George Edwardes
George Edwardes
George Joseph Edwardes was an English theatre manager of Irish ancestry who brought a new era in musical theatre to the British stage and beyond....
at the Gaiety Theatre, London
Gaiety Theatre, London
The Gaiety Theatre, London was a West End theatre in London, located on Aldwych at the eastern end of the Strand. The theatre was established as the Strand Musick Hall , in 1864 on the former site of the Lyceum Theatre. It was rebuilt several times, but closed from the beginning of World War II...
, opening on 21 May 1898 and ran for a very successful 593 performances. It starred Hicks's wife, Ellaline Terriss
Ellaline Terriss
Ellaline Terriss, born Ellaline Lewin , was a popular English actress and singer, best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies...
and Edmund Payne
Edmund Payne
Edmund Payne , was an actor, comedian, singer and dramatist best known for his comic appearances in Edwardian Musical Comedy. His father was Edmund Payne, a master cabinet builder and his mother was Eliza Payne née Ince....
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The work had stiff competition in London in 1898, as other successful openings included A Greek Slave
A Greek Slave
A Greek Slave is a musical comedy in two acts, first performed on 8 June 1898 at Daly's Theatre in London, produced by George Edwardes and ran for 349 performances. The score was composed by Sidney Jones with additional songs by Lionel Monckton and lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross. The...
and The Belle of New York
The Belle of New York (theatre)
The Belle of New York is a musical comedy in two acts, with book and lyrics by Hugh Morton and music by Gustave Kerker, about a Salvation Army girl who reforms a spendthrift, makes a great sacrifice and finds true love....
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The story concerns an Englishwoman who joins a group of musicians in Italy who are really bandits.
Roles
- Brother Tamarind (A Lay Brother of St Pierre)
- Guy Stanley (Lord Coodle's Nephew)
- Lord Coodle (A Tea House Keeper)
- Signor Paloni (Consul at Corsica)
- Mr. Creel (An Entomologist)
- Sir William Hake (A Cook's Tourist)
- Leonello (Head of a Wandering Troupe of Musicians)
- Pietro Pascara (Also of the Troupe)
- Flipper (A Jockey)
- Alice (Lady Coodle's Maid)
- Dorothy Stanley
- Carmenita (A Street Musician)
- Lady Coodle
- Fraulein Ehrenbreitstein Von Der Höhe (A Cook's Tourist)
- Winifred Grey (An Orphan)
Musical numbers
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus and Scene" - "Breathe soft, wind of the South..."
- No. 2 - Song - Winifred and Chorus - "The Sly Cigarette."
- No. 3 - Song - Leonello and Chorus - "Sea-girt land of my home..."
- No. 4 - Chorus - "Hark, the Convent Bell is ringing..."
- No. 5 - Scene II - Opening Chorus and Scene - "Bright and blue our sunny skies..."
- No. 6 - Song - Guy and Chorus - "There are girls of every station..."
- No. 7 - Song - Winifred and Chorus - "I'm only a poor little singing girl..."
- No. 8 - Duet - Winifred and Guy - "Of all the maids I've ever seen..."
- No. 9 - Concerted Piece an Dance - "The Man from Cook's."
- No. 10 - Duet - Carmenita and Tamarind - "We've left Barcelona society..."
- No. 11 - Finale - Act I - "To Venice."
- No. 12 - Act II Opening Chorus and Scene - "In Venice when fêtes are swinging..."
- No. 13 - Trio - Winifred, Guy and Flipper - "We have left pursuit behind us..."
- No. 14 - Song - Hake and Chorus - "When you're out on the spree..."
- No. 15 - Song - Dorothy and Chorus - "Soldiers in the Park."
- No. 16 - Song - Winifred and Chorus - "The lazy town is dreaming..."
- No. 17 - Carnival Chorus - "Welcome to the Water Fête..."
- No. 17a - Song - Leonello and Chorus - "Comrades all! Come, see the sight..."
- No. 18 - Song - Winifred and Chorus - "There was once a little boy..."
- No. 19 - Duet - Alice and Flipper - "When de twilight's fallin'..."
- No. 20 - Song - Carmenita and Chorus - "Though my family's pedigree..."
- No. 21 - Finale - Act II - "I'm only a poor little singing girl..." and "Soldiers in the Park."
- Addendum 1 - Song - Winifred and Chorus - "When the little pigs begin to fly..."
- Addendum 2 - Song - Carmenita and Chorus - "I thought it my duty to say so."
- Addendum 3 - Song - Winifred and Chorus - "Merry little gipsy maid." (marked as "No. 4.")
- Addendum 4 - Song - Carmenita and Chorus - "Pussy Jumps." (2 verses only)