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Lily Elsie - the original Dollar PrincessDie Dollarprinzessin

(The Dollar Princess)

Music by Leo Fall. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Book by A.M. Willner and Fritz Grünbaum, adapted into Englsish by Basil Hood.

Daly's Theatre, London - 25 September, 1909 (428 perfs)

Knickerbocker Theatre Broadway (Book and Lyrics by George Grossmith) - additional numbers by Jerome Kern.
6 September, 1909 (288 perfs)


Principals

4 female, 5 male

John Couder, president of a coal combine
Alice, his daughter
Dick, his nephew
Daisy Gray, his niece
Fredy Wehrburg
Hans Freiherr von Schlick
Olga Labinska, a cabaret singer
Tom, Couder's brother
Miss Thompson, a housekeeper
James, Couder's valet
Bill, a chauffeur
Typists, cabaret singers, guests, servants, porters

Musical Numbers:

  1. A Boat Sails On Wednesday
  2. The Dollar Princess
  3. Hip, Hip, Hurrah!
  4. I can Say Truly Rural
  5. Inspection
  6. Lady Fortune
  7. Love! Love! Love!
  8. Love's A Race
  9. The Marquis of Jolifontaine
  10. My Dream Of Love
  11. Not Here! Not Here!
  12. Reminiscence
  13. The Riding Lesson
  14. A Self Made Maiden
  15. Tennis
  16. Then You Go?
  17. Typewriting

Instrumentation:

flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, percussion, harp, strings

Vocal Score and Libretto on hire only