The Girl in the Taxi

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The Girl in the Taxi is the English adaptation by Frederick Fenn and Arthur Wimperis of the musical, Die keusche Susanne (1910 in Magdeburg), with music by Jean Gilbert. It opened at the Lyric Theatre in London, produced by Philip Michael Faraday, on 5 September 1912 and ran for 385 performances. The piece starred Yvonne Arnaud, Amy Augarde and Charles H. Workman among others. The German original had a book and lyrics by Georg Okonkowski.

The story, set in Paris, begins with a couple who each flag a taxi and then decide to share it, as they have the same destination. There are various naughty supper rendezvous at the same restaurant, separately, by a married Baron, who claims to be a man of extremely high morals, with a married lady, and a merchant's wife with the Baron's son (who may not have the cash to pay for their dinner). The merchant misses his train and so shows up early, and suspicions are aroused. Complications regarding the butler ensue, and all ends happily.

B.W. Findon, writing in The Play Pictorial called this "The merriest of musical farces" in his review, published in issue, no.124, vol.XXI, 1912, pp.2 and 3)

A film version was made in 1937.