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| + | The season began with a fine performance of ''[[In Town]]'' (Ross, Leader and Carr), followed by ''[[Mam'zelle Nitouche]]'' (Meilhac and Millaud), ''[[Miss Decima]]'' (Burnand), ''[[A Gaiety Girl]]'' (Hall). | ||
Revision as of 06:31, 24 May 2018
In Town is a musical comedy in two acts by Adrian Ross (1859-1933)[1], James Leader (1858—1915)[2] and Frank Osmond Carr (1858-1916)[3].
Referred to by a number of sources as "the first Edwardian musical comedy" and the start of the Gaiety movement in theatre, it was first performed in 1892 in the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, on 15 October.
1894: Performed by the Cairns James Company, in the Good Hope Theatre on 9 June, 1894, under the auspices of the Wheeler Theatrical Company.
The season began with a fine performance of In Town (Ross, Leader and Carr), followed by Mam'zelle Nitouche (Meilhac and Millaud), Miss Decima (Burnand), A Gaiety Girl (Hall).
http://www.gsarchive.net/british/authors/ross.html
http://www.gsarchive.net/british/composers/carr.html
