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The elderly manufacturer of Florodora perfume wants to marry Dolores, whose father has been cheated by Gilfain. Dolores loves Gilfain's manager, whom Gilfain wants for his own daughter even though she loves someone else. Everyone ends up in Wales where the complications get unknotted and the knots get properly tied.
Music By Leslie Stuart
Lyrics By E. Boyd-Jones and Paul Rubens
Book/Libretto by: Jimmy Davis under the pseudonym Owen Hall
Produced by: Dunne, Ryley and Fisher
Directed by: Lewis Hopper & Willie Edouin
Opened: November 12, 1900
Theatre: Casino Theatre, (New York)
# of Performances: 553
Song List
- Opening Chorus
- He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
- Galloping
- Phrenology
- In The Shade Of The Palm
- Tact
- Tell Me Pretty Maiden
- Willie Was A Gay Boy
- I've An Inkling
- Queen Of The Philippine Islands
- I Want To Be A Military Man
- Burlesque On "Pretty Maiden"
- Whistling
- Jack And Jill
- Little Dolly Daydream
- The Cake Walk
- The Coon Drum Major
- Louisiana Lou
- Is Yer Mammy Always Wid Yer
Cast List
Guelma Baker, Mabel Barrison, Nace Bonville, Joseph Colt, Sydney Deane, May Edouin, Willie Edouin, R.E. Graham, Daisy Greene, Edna Wallace Hopper, Lewis Hopper, Fannie Johnston, Reginald Langdale, Sadie Lauer, Adelaide Phillips, Aline Potter, Ernest Pym, Marjorie Relyea, Cyril Scott, John Scott, Vaugn Texsmith, Elaine Van Selover, Margaret Walker, Agnes Wayburn, Joseph Welsh, Marie L. Wilson
The London Cast included (at various times) Ada Reeve, Kate Cutler, Evie Greene, Florence St. John, Decima Moore, Louis Bradfield, Sydney Barraclough, Willie Edouin and Melville Stewart.
Misc. Show Information
Opened November 11, 1899 at the Lyric Theatre, (London) and ran for 455 performances.
Florodora firmly established the careers of many of the people associated it.
The album also holds the only known recordings of Florence St. John and Kate Cutler even though they both had extremely successful theatrical careers.
Florodora was also considered one of the biggest musical hits at the turn of the century.
This show has the distinction of having the Worlds First Original Cast Album which was made September 27 - October 20, 1900!!
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