Pink Lady, The

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Pink Lady, The (1911), a musical comedy by C. M. S. McLellan (book, lyrics), Ivan Caryll (music). [New Amsterdam Theatre, 312 perf.] Before his marriage to Angele ( Alice Dovey), Lucien Garidel ( William Elliot) decides to have one last fling with his old flame from the demimonde, Claudine ( Hazel Dawn). The fling is complicated by the fact that someone has been stealing kisses from attractive girls in the Forest of Compiègne. The satyr is unmasked, Lucien and Claudine enjoy their time together, then Lucien returns to Angele. Notable songs: By the Saskatchewan; Donny Didn't, Donny Did; The Kiss Waltz; Love Is Divine; My Beautiful Lady. Although Dawn was the lead in this Klaw and Erlanger musical, she did not keep the hero in the end, because the mores of the time would not allow a member of her class to win in musical comedy. The show was based on Le Satyre, a French farce by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemand.

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