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Arlette
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Music by Ivor Novello; lyrics Clifford Grey; Adrian Ross; book L Bouvet; Claude Roland
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Shaftesbury Theatre, London
1917
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Original cast recording: Palaeophonics (104) 2012
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Hit the Deck
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Music by Vincent Youmans; lyrics by Clifford Grey And Leo Robin; book by Herbert Fields. Based on the play by Hubert Osborne
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Belasco Theatre, New York
1927
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Hotel Mouse, The
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Setting: Wally's Suite and the Gardens at the Hotel des anglais, Terrace of Don esteban's Villa
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Book by Guy Bolton; Lyrics by Clifford Grey; Music by Armand Vecsey And Ivan Caryll; Based on A French comedy by Marcel Gerbidon And Paul Armont
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Shubert Theatre, NY
1922
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Kissing Time
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Music by Ivan Carryl; lyrics by Clifford Grey; book by Guy Bolton; P G Wodehouse
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Winter Garden Theatre, New York
1919
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Chappell 1919
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Mr Cinders
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Music by Vivian ellis And Richard Myers; lyrics And book by Clifford Grey And Greatrex Newman
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Adelphi Theatre, London
1929
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Revival cast recording: TeR (1069) 1983
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Out Of The Bottle
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Peter a young artist is in love with Molly the daughter of Professor Harper. The Professor asks Peter to bid on an item at an auction. Peter obtains the item a brass bottle. He rubs it and a Genie pops out
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Music by Vivian Ellis; Oscar Levant; lyrics and book by Clifford Grey; Fred Thompson. Based on the play "The Brass Bottle" by F Anstey
1st Produced:
London Hippodrome
11 Jun 1932
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Sally
The Alley Inn, Greenwich Village. Mrs Ten Broek brings in a number of waifs to apply to be dishwasher. Sally is given the position and is dubbed "Sally Of The Alley". She meets the waiter Connie who is really Grand Duke Constantin in disguise. Connie's embassy is holding a ball in his honour. Having seen Sally dance he thinks it will be a good idea if she danced at the ball. However a famous French ballerina has been booked for the occasion. When she backs out and as no one in New York has seen her it is decided to pass Sally off as her. The result is that Sally gets a leading role at the "Ziegfeld Follies"
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Music by Jerome Kern And Victor Herbert; Book by Guy Bolton; Lyrics by Clifford Grey; Lyrics for "Look For the Silver Lining" by B.G. DeSylva
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New Amsterdam Theatre, NY
21 Dec 1920
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theodore & Co.
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Music by Ivor Novello; Jerome Kern; lyrics by Clifford Grey; Adrian Ross; book by George Grossmith; H M Harwood
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Gaiety Theatre, London
19 Sep 1916
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Three Musketeers, The
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Music by Rudolph Frimi; lyrics by Clifford Grey And P G Wodehouse. Book by Mark Bramble. Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas. (This production has A new book by Mark Bramble. the original production in 1928 had A book by William Anthony McGuire)
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Broadway Theatre, New York
1984
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Wild Rose
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An impoverished archduke, Maxie, in New York has taken a job as a waiter. He is friendly with the dishwasher Sally. Sally wants to be a singing and dancing star. Maxie persuades her to go in disguise to a posh party at the Sixth Avenue Theatre. She pretends to be a famous ballerina - Maxie pretends he is a monkey trainer. Sally gets a contract with The Ziegfeld Follies
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Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics and book by Guy Bolton; Clifford Grey. A revised version of "Sally"
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Princes Theatre, London
06 Aug 1942
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