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'The Dream Girl is an operetta
Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre....
 in three acts with music by Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert

Victor August Herbert was an Ireland-born, German-raised United States composer, cellist and conducting who is best known for his many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway theatre....
 and book by Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young

Rida Johnson Young was a United States playwright, songwriter, and librettist. In her career, Young wrote nearly thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs....
 (who also wrote the lyrics) and Harold Atterbridge. It is based on the 1906 play The Road to Yesterday by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Additional music was written by Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg

Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg was an United States composer best known for his operettas....
. It opened at the Ambassador Theatre
Ambassador Theatre (New York)

The Ambassador Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre theatre located at 219 West 49th Street in midtown-Manhattan.Designed by architect Herbert J....
 on August 20, 1924 and ran for 117 performances.

The Dream Girl was Victor Herbert's last musical composition, and the work was produced posthumously.






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'The Dream Girl is an operetta
Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre....
 in three acts with music by Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert

Victor August Herbert was an Ireland-born, German-raised United States composer, cellist and conducting who is best known for his many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway theatre....
 and book by Rida Johnson Young
Rida Johnson Young

Rida Johnson Young was a United States playwright, songwriter, and librettist. In her career, Young wrote nearly thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs....
 (who also wrote the lyrics) and Harold Atterbridge. It is based on the 1906 play The Road to Yesterday by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. Additional music was written by Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg

Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg was an United States composer best known for his operettas....
. It opened at the Ambassador Theatre
Ambassador Theatre (New York)

The Ambassador Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre theatre located at 219 West 49th Street in midtown-Manhattan.Designed by architect Herbert J....
 on August 20, 1924 and ran for 117 performances.

The Dream Girl was Victor Herbert's last musical composition, and the work was produced posthumously. A satiric look at reincarnation, it starred Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter

Fay Okell Bainter was an Academy Award-winning United States actor. She is the aunt of actress Dorothy Burgess and sister-in-law to actress Grace Burgess....
, George LeMaire and Walter Woolf.

Roles and original cast

  • Ken Paulton - Edward Basse
  • Will Levison - John Clarke
  • Elspeth - Fay Bainter
    Fay Bainter

    Fay Okell Bainter was an Academy Award-winning United States actor. She is the aunt of actress Dorothy Burgess and sister-in-law to actress Grace Burgess....
  • Cristoforo - Edmund Fitzpatrick
  • Wilson Addison - George LeMaire
  • Bobby Thompkins - Frank Masters
  • Elinor Levison - Alice Moffat
  • Aunt Harriet - Maude Odell
  • Mr. Gillette - William Oneal
  • Nora - Clara Palmer
  • Dolly Follis - Wyn Richmond
  • Jimmie Van Dyke - Billie B. Van
  • Malena - Vavara
  • Jack Warren - Walter Woolf


Musical numbers

Act I
  • Making a Venus - Bobby Thompkins, Malena, Models and Boys
  • All Year Round (Music by Sigmund Romberg) - Jack Warren and Chorus
  • Dancing Round - Elspeth and Chorus
  • (My) Dream Girl (I Loved You Long Ago) - Jack
  • Old Songs - Maidens and Quartette
Act II
  • Maiden, Let Me In - Will Levison and Boys
  • Gypsy Life - Malena and Chorus
  • Stop, Look and Listen - Elspeth, Jimmie Van Dyke and Bobby
  • (The) Broad Highway - Jack and Chorus
  • My Hero - Elspeth and Jack
  • I Want to Go Home (Music by Sigmund Romberg)- Elspeth
Act III
  • Bubbles - Dolly Follis and Chorus
  • Make Love in the Morning - Jimmie and Dancers
  • Saxophone Man - Bobby, Dolly and Chorus
  • Dream Girl - Elspeth, Jack and Company


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