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The Toreador
composer
first performed on 17 June 1901 at the Gaiety Theatre
author of text
No 18
author of text
No 22 (under the pseudonym Leslie Mayne)
In The Toreador (Gaiety, 17 June 1901) Edmund Payne played Sammy Gigg, who in deepest Spain gets involved with a Carlist conspiracy and an attractive señora. He also manages to get dressed up as a toreador. It was, though, another comedian—Fred Wright junior as Pettifer, a dealer in wild animals—who in When I marry Amelia anticipates marriage to his blushing bride. The show’s big hit was Keep off the grass, Monckton’s first offering for Gertie Millar in the minor role of Cora Bellamy, a bridesmaid. This was the last show at the original Gaiety Theatre in the Strand before it was replaced by a new theatre in the newly constructed Aldwych.
from notes by Andrew Lamb © 2008
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No 18: When I marry Amelia
Oh, when I marry my blushing bride
No 22: Keep off the grass
When the children go to play
