MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
May 09, 1927
Closing Date
Jun 25, 1927
Performances
56
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
Royale Theatre
(May 09, 1927 - Jun 1927)
Earl Carroll Theatre
(Jun 06, 1927 - Jun 25, 1927)
Description
A musical in two acts
Setting
Algernon Moncrieff's rooms, London. The Garden Manor House, Woolton.
Produced by P. T. Rossiter
Music by Robert Hood Bowers; Book by Francis DeWill; Lyrics by Francis DeWill; Based on "The Importance of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde; Musical Director: Robert Hood Bowers
Staged by William J. Wilson; Musical Staging by Ralph Riggs
Scenic Design by Walter Harvey; Costume Design by Nesor Costume Company
Flavia Arcaro
Lady Bracknell
Phyllis Austin
Jessica Esmond
Mae Bligh
Friend
Erma Chase
Friend
Dorothy Dawn
Friend
Dorothy Dilley
Cecily Cardew
Hal Forde
Hon. John Worthing, J.P.
Marjorie Gateson
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
Florence Gunther
Friend
William Jordan
Sir Percy Middowshire
Anita Loring
Friend
Dorothea Mabie
Evelyn Stuart
Vivian Marlowe
Jane
Harry McNaughton
Algernon Moncrieff
Margot Miller
Friend
Virginia Myers
Friend
Barbara Newberry
Pollyanna Montague
Dimples Riede
Clarice Chitworth
Ralph Riggs
James Lane
Wilma Roeloff
Friend
Jethro Warner
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Sonia Winfield
Miss Prism
Katherine Witchie
Martha
Edith Mae Wright
Anne Aubrey
Patricia Wynne
Peggy Vernon
music by Robert Hood Bowers; lyrics by Francis DeWitt
Act 1
Sung By
On the Beach
Algernon Moncrieff, Jessica Esmond, Peggy Vernon, Anne Aubrey, Clarice Chitworth and Evelyn Stuart
Taken By Surprise
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax and Hon. John Worthing, J.P.
Ancestry
Hon. John Worthing, J.P. and Lady Bracknell
Cupid's College
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax, Algernon Moncrieff, Hon. John Worthing, J.P., Peggy Vernon, Anne Aubrey and Clarice Chitworth
Didoes
Algernon Moncrieff, James Lane, Jessica Esmond, Martha, Peggy Vernon, Anne Aubrey, Clarice Chitworth and Evelyn Stuart
Over the Garden Wall
Jane and Maids
Cecily
Cecily Cardew and Miss Prism
Let's Pretend
Algernon Moncrieff and Cecily Cardew
Pollyanna
Pollyanna Montague and Girls
Don't Scold
Company
And he walked down Piccadilly with a poppy and a lily
Act 2
Sung By
Give Me Someone
Cecily Cardew and Girls
Little Stranger
Pollyanna Montague and Girls
Rose in Bloom
Hon. John Worthing, J.P. and Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
Tangles
Company
There's a Muddle
Hon. John Worthing, J.P.
Give Me Someone (Reprise)
Cecily Cardew and Pollyanna Montague
Never Trouble Trouble
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax, Cecily Cardew, Algernon Moncrieff, Hon. John Worthing, J.P. and Girls
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