Maytime
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Maytime (1917), an operetta by Rida Johnson
Young (book, lyrics), Sigmund
Romberg (music). [
Shubert Theatre, 492 perf.] The romance of rich Ottillie Van Zandt ( Peggy
Wood) and the poor workman, Richard Wayne ( Charles
Purcell), is broken up by Ottillie's snobbish father, who forces her to marry her worthless cousin. As the decades pass Richard becomes wealthy and respected, while the cousin succeeds in bankrupting Ottillie. When her estate is put up for auction, Richard appears, buys it all, and gives it back to her. After they are long dead, their grandchildren fall in love and, ignoring family opposition, marry.
Notable songs: Jump Jim Crow; The Road to Paradise; Will You Remember? The bittersweet romance was the biggest musical success of its season. It was said to be the favorite selection of American troops heading for Europe. The musical was able to buck the perception that operetta was a German, and therefore enemy, genre. Ironically, it was based on the German musical,
Wie einst im Mai, but animosity toward the Central Powers forced the producing Shuberts to jettison Walter Kollo's score and reset the book in America. They also billed it as a “musical play,” not an operetta.
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