The Dream Girl (operetta)

The Dream Girl is an operetta in three acts with music by Victor Herbert and book by Rida Johnson Young (who also wrote the lyrics) and Harold Atteridge. Based on the 1906 play The Road to Yesterday, by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, its satiric story concerns reincarnation. Additional music was written by Sigmund Romberg. The piece was Victor Herbert's last musical composition, and the work was produced posthumously on Broadway in 1924.

Production

The Dream Girl opened at the Ambassador Theatre on Broadway on August 20, 1924, and ran for 117 performances. It starred Fay Bainter, George LeMaire and Walter Woolf and was staged by J. C. Huffman.

Roles and original cast

Ken Paulton - Edward Basse

Will Levison - John Clarke

Elspeth - Fay Bainter

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

References

External links

The Dream Girl at the IBDB database

Time Magazine review of the original production

English-language operettas

Broadway musicals

Operas

1924 operas

Operas by Victor Herbert

Operas based on plays

Operas by Harold Atteridge