A Runaway Girl

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A Runaway Girl is a musical comedy in two acts by Seymour Hicks (1871-1949) [1] and Harry Nicholls (1852-1926)[2] .

A musical about an Englishwoman who joins a group of musicians in Italy who are really bandits, it was written in 1898, with music composed by Ivan Caryll, and additional music by Lionel Monckton, and lyrics written by Aubrey Hopwood and Harry Greenbank.

The piece was first produced by George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre, London, opening on 21 May 1898 and running for 593 and at Daly's Theatre in New York City in 1898 and again in 1900.