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The Girl from Up There

a Musical Comedy in 3 Acts. Book and lyrics by Hugh Morton. Music by Gustave Kerker.

Herald Square Theatre, New York. Opened 7th January, 1901; closed 30th March, 1901(96 performances)
Casino Theatre, London - 1901 (102 perfs)

Synopsis

Olga is a young lady who has lain frozen in a cloth-of-gold gown at the North Pole for 500 years. She is released from her frozen state by a bolt of lightning to face the modern world. She must find the "Gold Cup of Olaf" within ninety days or she will die. Learning that pirates have stolen the cup, she masquerades as a buccaneer whilst J. Angostura Pickles, a disagreeable man, wanders in and out of the story carrying a pepper shaker in a town that forbids sneezing,

Musical Numbers

1. When Seraphina Plays the Concertina
2. Don'tYou Believe Those Eyes
3. Fair Phrynette
4. I Was Walking Round the Ocean
5. Susie
6. We'll Never Eat

Cast King Flash of West Polaria King Flush of East Polaria Bertie Tappertit, Captain of the Royal Guards J. Angostura Pickles, a disagreeable man Colonel Marcellus Whizzle, U.S.A., an inventor Captain Hiram Hardtack Jack Hemingway, a young explorer Skeets, a burglar Solomon Scarlet, a pirate chief Christopher Grunt, one of the pirate crew Binks, an innkeeper Olga, the ice maiden Phyrnette, prima donna of the Aurora Borealis Opera Company

Thyrza Margot Lais Bebe Theresa Mimi Mabel Sister Heartease Ortrud Christina Althea Zenobia Sibylla Opera Girls

 

Scenes and Settings

• Act 1: Polaria, six miles from the North Pole.
• Act 2: Crackrib Crescent, on the Island of Kokoriko.
• Act 3: On the Boulevards, Paris