The Girl from Paris

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This article is about the musical. For the French film that translates as "The Girl from Paris", see Une hirondelle a fait le printemps

The Girl from Paris
Original Poster
Music Ivan Caryll
Lyrics George Dance
Book George Dance
Productions 1896 Broadway
1897 West End

The Girl from Paris is an musical comedy in two acts with a book by George Dance and music by Ivan Caryll that opened first in London (after a tryout in a smaller theatre in March 1896) at the Duke of York's Theatre on April 4, 1896 with W. H. Denny as Major Fossdyke and Ada Reeve as Julie. It then opened in New York on December 8, 1896, at the Herald Square Theatre and ran for 266 or 281 performances (sources differ) and then toured and was later revived at Wallack's Theatre.

It also had a London revival in 1897. It played on the European continent under the name "The Gay Parisienne."

Contents

[edit] Roles

  • Ethel, The Major's daughter
  • Angela, The Major's daughter
  • Violet, The Major's daughter
  • Anna, A servant
  • Mr. Ebenezer Honeycomb
  • Amos Dingle, Honeycomb's friend
  • Mrs. Honeycomb
  • Tom Everleigh, A barrister
  • May, The Major's daughter
  • Ruth, Honeycomb's servant
  • Edith, The Major's daughter
  • Mr. Auguste Pompier, A French spy
  • Blatterwater, A gendarme
  • Gretchen
  • Mlle. Julie Bon Bon, The Gay Perisienne
  • Hans, Proprietor of the Spa Hotel, Schoffenburgen
  • Mabel, Norah's friend
  • Fritz, A servant
  • Gladys, The Major's daughter
  • Cecil Smyth, Ducle's friend
  • Norah Honeycomb
  • Major Fossdyke, of the Battersea Butterfly Shooters
  • Percy Tooting, Ducle's friend
  • Algernon P. Ducle, An American
  • Maud, The Major's daughter
  • Rose, The Major's daughter

[edit] Synopsis

Mr. Honeycomb is restrained and decorous while in England but abroad, he unfettered, including on a trip to Paris. Mlle. Julie Bon-Bon of Paris sues him for breach of promise. Afraid of his wife’s wrath, Honeycomb flees to Switzerland and is reported drowned. His supposed widow seeks his remains, accompanied by her friend, Major Fossdyke. Meanwhile, Honeycomb sees them together in Switzerland, and pretending righteous anger, he turns the tables.

[edit] Musical numbers

Act I
  • Hail for the Thames on a Summer's Day -- Chorus
  • So Take You a Warning -- Ebenezer Honeycomb and Chorus
  • Somebody -- Tom Everleigh and Norah Honeycomb
  • The Battersea Butterfly Shooters -- Major Fossdyke and Chorus
  • I'm All the Way from Gay Paree -- Mlle. Julie Bon Bon and Auguste Pompier
  • Then Off We Go
  • Tweedledum and Tweedledee -- Ebenezer and Julie
  • Cock-a-doodle -- Julie, Auguste, Mrs. Honeycomb and Ebenezer
  • Hail, the Hero of the Day -- Chorus
Act II
  • Isn't It Wonderful -- Chorus
  • The Festive Continong -- Tom, Percy Tooting, Cecil Smyth and Algernon P. Ducle
  • First and Third -- Ebenezer and Julie
  • Sister Mary Jane's Top Note -- Ruth and Chorus
  • Oh, Tender Remembrance -- Norah Honeycomb and Chorus
  • Tootle, Tootle -- Mrs. Honeycomb, Major Fossdyke, Ruth and Auguste
  • Ding-Dong
  • Upon the Stage Let's Have a Fling -- Ruth and Major Fossdyke
  • Carnival -- Chorus
  • Just for a Kiss
  • The Girl from Paris
  • He Took It In a Good-natured Way

[edit] References

Brown, Thomas Allston. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 (1903) Dodd, Mead and company, New York. p. 388

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