Best Ivan Caryll
The Pink Lady is an American musical comedy or operetta with music by Ivan Caryll and a book and lyrics by C. M. S. McLellan. Adapted from the French farce Le Satyre by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemaud, it opened on Broadway in 1911 and follows romantic complications involving an artist, his fianc...
The Earl and the Girl is a two-act Edwardian musical comedy with music by Ivan Caryll, a book by Seymour Hicks, and lyrics by Percy Greenbank. First staged in 1905, it also received a Broadway production at New York's Casino Theatre, opening on November 4 and running for 148 performances. The work b...
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A major Edwardian commercial success with enduring individual songs, though its lightweight book and period conventions have dated considerably.
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Oh, Oh, Delphine is a three-act musical comedy with a book and lyrics by C. M. S. McLellan and music by Ivan Caryll. Based on the French farce Villa Primrose by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemaud, it opened on Broadway at the Knickerbocker Theatre on 30 September 1912 and later moved to the New Amst...
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Successful Broadway adaptation with period charm and a well-regarded Caryll score; historically notable, but little enduring repertory presence.
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