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-''[[Les Dominos Roses]]''is a farce by Alfred Delacour and Alfred Hennequin. .
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-It tells of a plan by two wives to test their husbands' fidelity at a masked ball and a mischievous maid who causes comic complications by wearing a gown similar to those worn by the wives.
-First performed in Paris in 1876.
-Translated and adapted into English as ''[[The Pink Dominos]]'', a farce in three acts, by James Albery. The English piece opened on March 31, 1877 and was exceptionally successful, running for a record-setting 555 performances at the Criterion Theatre, London.
-The French play also formed the basis of ''[[Der Opernball]]'' ("The Opera Ball"), a German operetta in three acts with music by Richard Heuberger, and libretto by Viktor Léon and Heinrich von Waldberg; and of ''[[To-Night's the Night]]'' (1914)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To-Night%27s_the_Night_(musical)], a musical comedy composed by Paul Rubens, with lyrics by Percy Greenbank and Rubens, and a book adapted by Fred Thompson. Two songs were composed by Jerome Kern.