Afgar | |
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Music | Charles Cuvillier |
Lyrics | Douglas Furber |
Book | Fred Thompson |
Productions | 1919 West End 1920 Broadway |
Afgar, or the Andalusian Leisure is a musical with lyrics by Douglas Furber, music by Charles Cuvillier and book by Fred Thompson and Worton David. It is based on Cuvillier's 1909 French operetta of the same name, with words by André Barde and Michel Carré.
The London production opened at the London Pavilion on September 17, 1919 and ran for 300 performances. It featured Marie Burke, Alice Delysia, John Humphries, Lupino Lane and Leon Morton, and its cast recording was the first original cast recording of a musical at the Pavilion.[1] The Broadway production, directed by Frank Collins, opened on November 8, 1920 at the Central Theatre and ran for 168 performances. It starred Irving Beebee as Don Juan, Jr. and Alice Delysia as Zaydee.
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Don Juan, Jr. has been imprisoned within sight of a Moorish harem to punish him for being too flirtatious. The favorite harem girl, Zaydee, who likes Don, organizes a strike of the harem girls, demanding his release and one husband for each girl. The strike succeeds, and all ends happily.