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The Catch of the Season

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Lady Caterham's stepdaughter Angela is a debutante about to "come out" and is "the catch of the season". She becomes engaged to the young rake, Lord St. Jermyns, although she really loves the page, Bucket. Honoria Bedford, Lady Crystal's younger daughter, who is also about to "come out", has taken
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starred with an English supporting cast and a chorus of English and French "Gibson Girls". The score was supplemented with numerous interpolations, principally by American music director William T. Francis and also by
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Frohman produced the musical on both sides of the Atlantic, and one year after the premiere, with the London production still running, he exported
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The Broadway score cut the following songs by Haines, Baker and Taylor (except as noted) that had been included in the British production:
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in London, opening on 9 September 1904 and running for a very successful 621 performances. The production starred
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Opern und Operetten in Wien : Verzeichnis ihrer Erstaufführungen in der Zeit von 1629 bis zur Gegenwart
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Back to Harrow (Lyrics by J. J. Montague, music by William T. Francis) – Mr. William Gibson and Lord Yatton
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Tea and tittle tattle – Lady Crystal, Lord Yatton, Almeric Montpelier, Footmen and Chorus
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Sylvia the Gibson Girl (Lyrics by Frank Compton, music by Hugh Rumbold) – Gibson Girls
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was pregnant. Later Terriss played the role for a time, ceding it to Dare's sister,
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Auf Wiedersehn (Lyrics by Vernon Roy, music by William T. Francis) – Talleur Andrews
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A Little Bit of Dinner (with a Friend) (Music by William T. Francis) – Lord Yatton
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Broadway score (music by Haines and Baker and lyrics by Taylor, except as noted):
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Rainbow (Lyrics by Fred W. Leigh, music by Henry E. Pether) – Angela
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Fairy attendants! – Clotilde, Angela, Lady Caterham and Assistants
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in London in 1904 and ran for 621 performances. It starred Hicks,
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Cinderella! You Have Won! (Music by William T. Francis) – Angela
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Seaweed (Music and Lyrics by Fred Earle) – Mr. William Gibson
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Molly O'Halloran (Music and Lyrics by Jerome Kern) – Angela
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Rosy Petals We Will Shower (Music by William T. Francis)
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was produced by Agostino and Stefano Gatti and American
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Other international productions followed. In Budapest
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Herbert Haines
Charles H. Taylor
Book
Seymour Hicks
Cosmo Hamilton
Cinderella
West End
Broadway
Budapest
Sydney
Vienna
Edwardian musical comedy
Seymour Hicks
Cosmo Hamilton
Herbert Haines
Charles H. Taylor
Cinderella
Vaudeville Theatre
Zena Dare
Camille Clifford
Louie Pounds
Edna May
Daly's Theatre

adding to it
Charles Frohman
Vaudeville Theatre
Zena Dare
Ellaline Terriss

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