The Little Michus

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The Little Michus (from the French Les p’tites Michu) is an operetta by Albert Vanloo and Georges Duval, with music by André Messager that opened in Paris on 16 November 1897. The London production had an English adaptation by Henry Hamilton, with lyrics by Percy Greenbank and was produced at Daly's Theatre in London, opening on 29 April 1905, running for 401 performances. The London production starred Robert Evett, Eric Thorne, Amy Augarde, the dancer Adeline Genée, and later Henry Lytton and Lily Elsie. It had a Broadway run in 1907.

The Little Michus was a big international hit, with a silly plot about two baby girls, switched at birth, who both fall in love with the same man.

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Vol. 6 No. 35, "The Play Pictorial An Illustrated Monthly", London, June 1905. This issue is devoted to the London production of The Little Michus, pp. 29-56. Includes illustrations of the production, the cast and sets. Two musical numbers are printed.[1]

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• Song list with links to Midi files and London cast list
• Information about the Broadway run
• Photo of Genee in The Little Michus
• Information about The Little Michus and other shows opening in London in 1905