The Gypsy Girl is a play in four acts by Hal Reid. The play also includes incidental music by composer Alfred G. Robyn,[1] and one song, "Swinging Under the Old Oak Tree", written by Louis Mortimer and Walter McClean which was sung by Dolly Kemper who portrayed the title heroine in the show.[2] The work follows the adventures of Daisy Dean, "the Gypsy Girl", and her friends as they attempt to reacquire treasure stolen from the gypsies and thwart assassins threatening Daisy's life.
Performance history
editThe Gypsy Girl premiered in Camden, New Jersey on March 2, 1905.[1] It then transferred to Broadway where it opened at the Star Theatre on April 3, 1905.[3] The work notably featured a young Mary Pickford, then acting under her birth name Gladys Smith, in the supporting role of the boy Freckles.[4] After it left Broadway, the play toured the United States with Pickford in the cast.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b John Franceschina (2018). "ROBYN, Alfred G[eorge]". Incidental and Dance Music in the American Theatre from 1786 to 1923, Volume 3, Biographical and Critical Commentary - Alphabetical Listings from Edgar Stillman Kelley to Charles Zimmerman. BearManor Media.
- ^ Donald J. Stubblebine (2015). "The Gypsy Girl". Early Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Music from Broadway and Other Stage Shows, 1843-1918. McFarland & Company. p. 97. ISBN 9781476605609.
- ^ "The Gypsy Girl". New York Clipper. April 8, 1905.
- ^ a b Eileen Whitfield (2007). Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. p. 38. ISBN 9780813120454.
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