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| − | ''[[Les Dominos Roses]]''is a farce by Alfred Delacour and Alfred Hennequin. . | + | ''[[Les Dominos Roses]]'' is a farce by Alfred Delacour and Alfred Hennequin. . |
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 07:40, 3 November 2019
Les Dominos Roses is a farce by Alfred Delacour and Alfred Hennequin. .
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", 1898)[1], 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)[2], 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.
