NELLY NEIL
A musical play in 3 acts by C. M. S. McLellan. Music by Ivan Caryll.
Aldwych Theatre, London - 10th January - 27th April, 1907 (107 perfs)
Synopsis
Nelly Neil was a sweet little Socialist, rallying every available man to her cause. They are successful defeating the enemy in the form of the anarchist Prince Rasslova, who is plotting to blow up the bank owned by the father of the rich Billy Ricketts, the inamorata of Nelly Neil, whom she eventually weds amidst pomp and splendour - despite the simple Socialist life she has espoused.
Principal Musical Numbers
- The Millennium
- Come Out and Be Free
- Simplicity Farm
- The Simple Life
- Life is Now
- The Uniform I Wear
- What's the Use of Going to Bed?
- Such a Bore
- The Cigarette Song
- Take the Road
- Demon
- Jane the Suffragette
- They Never Would Be Missed
- Follow On (interpolated song from Belle of New York)
Cast
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