1880s Musicals - 1882 Musicals, 1883 Musicals, 1884 Musicals, 1885 Musicals, 1886 Musicals, 1887 Musicals, 1888 Musicals, 1889 Musicals, Dorothy (Paperback)

Chapters: 1882 Musicals, 1883 Musicals, 1884 Musicals, 1885 Musicals, 1886 Musicals, 1887 Musicals, 1888 Musicals, 1889 Musicals, Dorothy, Little Jack Sheppard, the Maid of Arran, Doris, Faust up to Date, Frankenstein, or the Vampire's Victim, Ruy Blas and the Blase Roue, Alice in Wonderland, Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed, Adonis. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dorothy is a comic opera in three acts with music by Alfred Cellier and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson. It was first produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London on 25 September 1886, starring Marion Hood in the title role, opposite the popular Hayden Coffin, and with comedians Arthur Williams, Furneaux Cook and John Le Hay. Marie Tempest took over in the title role, and Florence Perry made her London stage debut in 1887 in the role of Phyllis Tuppitt. Decima Moore played the title role in the 1892 revival. Courtice Pounds played Wilder on a 1900 provincial tour. Cellier, Leslie and StephensonThis was the first production at the Gaiety by new managing director (and later owner) of the theatre, George Edwardes, who misjudged his audience. The Gaiety was then known for burlesque, and its audiences were not looking for Gilbert and Sullivan style comic opera. After a few months, Edwardes sold the production to his accountant, Henry Leslie. Leslie revised the show, adding among others Ben Davies and Marie Tempest, who took over the title role from the ailing Hood and became one of musical theatre's biggest stars. Leslie reopened the show at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 20 December 1886 and then transferred to the Lyric Theatre on 17 December 1887, where it closed on 6 April 1889. The revised Dorothy had an initial run of 931 performances, breaking the record for the longest running musical t...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=608918