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The Circus Girl

A musical play in 2 acts, 4 scenes: Book by James T. Tanner and Walter Palings; Lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross; Music by Ivan Caryll; additional numbers by Lionel Monckton.

Daly's Theatre, Broadway- 23 April, 1897 (75 perfs) Reopened 16 August 1897 (97 perfs) total perfs 172.
Gaiety Theatre, London - 5 December, 1896 (494 perfs)

Musical Numbers:

  1. Mi Carême - Opening Chorus
  2. The Barman - Biggs and chorus
  3. I Love Her - Dick, Reggie and Biggs
  4. The Uses of Advertisement - Drivelli and chorus
  5. La Favorita - La Favorita
  6. Professions - Lucille and Biggs
  7. A Paris - Dora
  8. In the Ring - Dora and Dick
  9. Now You Know Your Way - Gaston and chorus
  10. A Wet Day - Dick and chorus
  11. The Master of the Ring - Albertoni
  12. A Circus Girl - La Favorita
  13. She Never Did the Same Thing Twice - Dick and chorus
  14. Farandole - Chorus
  15. Wine, Women and Waltz - Gaston
  16. A Simple Little String - Dora
  17. Clowns - Lucille and Biggs
  18. The Way To Treat A Lady - Mrs Drivelli
  19. Danse des Polichinelles

Dramatis Personae

Sir Titus Wemyss
Dick Capel
Drivelli - Proprietor of the Circus
Hon Reginal Gower
Albertoni - Ring Master
Vicomte Gaston
Commissaire of Police
Auguste & Adolphe - Clowns
Toothpick Pasha - The Terrible Turk
Rudolph - The Common King
Folbert
Cocher
Sergent de Ville
Valliand
Biggs - An American Bar Tender
Lucille - A Slackwire Walker
La Favorita
Mme Drivelli
Lady Diama Wemyss
The Serpentine Quartette (Marie, Liane, Emilie, Juliette)
Comtesse d'Epérnay
Marquise de Millefleurs
Mdlle Gompson
Dora Wymss

Scenes:

Act I - On the Boulevard, outside the Café de la Régence

Act II

Scene 1 - In the Ring at Drivelli's Circus
Scene 2 - Bureau of the Commissaire of Police
Scene 3 - The Artists' Ball

Time - The Fêtes of Mi-Carême