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  • Miss Dolly Dollars is a musical comedy written in two acts with the book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and music by Victor Herbert. The musical concerns a wealthy American girl in Europe, who is sought after by bankrupt aristocrats. Its score includes a few famous songs such as "A Woman is Only a Woman (But a Good Cigar is a Smoke)".
    After a tryout in Rochester, New York, the musical opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre in New York City, on September 4, 1905. It was produced by Charles B. Dillingham and directed by Al Holbrook, with music direction by Antonio DeNovellis. The scenic design was by Homer Emens and Edward G. Unitt, and costumes were by Caroline Seidle. The show soon transferred to the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 16, 1905. It ran for a total of 56 performances.


    Synopsis


    Setting: A Villa on the Thames at Henley and the Garden of a Hotel in Paris
    Wealthy Dorothy Gay, an American girl, is pursued while in Europe, by a number of penniless aristocrats, but she does not wish to marry simply for a title. A secretary, Finney Doolittle, is mistaken for his wealthy English Lord. Dorothy's father, Samuel, urges her to marry the phony Lord Burlingham, but she prefers a man whom she takes to be poor, but who is actually the English nobleman, and all ends happily.


    Cast


    The opening night cast was as follows:

    Beatrice Anderson - Matilda
    John Ardizone - Duke de Bolero
    Leila Benton - Vena Rodriguez
    Charles Bradshaw - Samuel Gay
    Mildred Cecil - Hon. Reggy Chumpley
    Marion Chase - Vera Vane
    Carter DeHaven - Guy Gay
    Elizabeth Doddridge - Hon. Algy Sydney
    Elsie Ferguson - Celeste
    Joseph Frohoff - First Bailiff
    Lulu Glaser - Dorothy Gay
    Minerva Hall - Jane
    Sidney A. Harris - H'Alfred/ Prince Umskyvitch
    Carl Hartberg - Baron von Rheinheister
    Ralph C. Herz - Finney Doolittle
    Queenie Hewlitt - Millicent
    Bessie Holbrook - Hon. Montague Bank
    Edward Leahy - Captain Sheridan Barry
    James Leahy - The Marquis de Baccarat
    Helen Marlborough - Ruth Delamere
    Olive Murray - Bertha Billings
    William Naughton - The Hon. Percy Fitzboodle
    Byron Ongley - Miggs
    Enrico Oremonte - Count Chianti/ Bobby
    Susanne Parker - Miriam Odell
    Carrie Perkins - Mrs. Gay
    Sadie Probst - Hon. Mayland Bank
    James Reany - Count Runoffsky
    Aline Redmond - Greta Giltedge
    Elsa Reinhardt - Freda Dressler
    L. F. Sampson - Second Bailiff
    Lillian Spencer - Margery
    Melville Stuart - Lord Burlingham
    Lillie Van Arsdale - 'Arriet
    Henry Vogel - Lieutenant von Richter
    Vida Whitmore - Estelle DeLange
    Gladys Zell - Vashti


    Musical numbers


    Act I
    The Self-Made Family (She's a Lady with Money) – Mrs. Gay, Samuel Gay and Guy Gay
    An Educated Fool (It Keeps Me Guessing All the Time) – Finney Doolittle
    Just Get Out and Walk – Dorothy Gay and Chorus
    An American Heiress – Dorothy and Noblemen
    Dolly Dollars – Guy
    My Fair Unknown – Lord Burlingham
    Act II
    It's All in the Book You Know – Dorothy and Lieutenant von Richter
    Life's a Masquerade – Mrs. Gay, Samuel, Celeste and Guy
    The Moth and the Moon – Dorothy and Chorus
    Walks – Guy and Girls
    A Woman Is Only a Woman, But a Good Cigar is a Smoke (Puff, Puff, Puff) – Lord Burlingham
    (American Music) 'Tis Better Than Old Parsifal to Me – Principals and Chorus
    Queen of the Ring – Dorothy and Chorus


    References




    External links


    Miss Dolly Dollars at the Internet Broadway Database
    Links to MIDI files and other information about Miss Dolly Dollars
    NY Tribune review

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