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''Havana'' is an Edwardian musical comedy in three acts, with a book by George Grossmith, Jr. and Graham Hill, music by Leslie Stuart, lyrics by Adrian Ross and additional lyrics by George Arthurs. It premiered on 25 April 1908 at the Gaiety Theatre, London, starring Evie Greene as Consuelo, W. H. Berry as Reginald Brown, Lawrence Grossmith as Don Adolfo and Mabel Russell as Pepita.〔(Cast and productions details ) at ''The Play Pictorial'' website (1902–1910) of the Templeman Library at the University of Kent at Canterbury〕 A young Gladys Cooper was in the chorus. The production ran for 221 performances before touring the provinces.〔(''Havana'' in Dundee (1909) ) at the dundeecity website, accessed 4 January 2010〕〔(''Havana'' (1909) ) in the National Library of Scotland Collection, accessed 4 January 2010〕 It also soon played in Berlin, Germany. An American production played at the Casino Theatre in New York after a Philadelphia tryout, with revisions by its star, James T. Powers.〔Lamb, Andrew. (Stuart: composer of Floradora'' ), Routledge, 2002, pp. 189–204 ISBN 0-415-93747-7〕〔('Havana'' on Broadway' ), BroadwayWorld.com, accessed 4 January 2010〕 This production was staged by Ned Wayburn and ran from 11 February 1909 to 25 September 1909 for a total of 236 performances.〔(''Havana'' ) on the Internet Broadway Database, accessed 4 January 2010〕 Among the show's musical numbers are the songs ''Little Miquette'', ''Cupid's Telephone'', ''How Did the Bird Know That?'' and ''Pensacola''.〔 Musical selections from the show were recorded by the Victor Light Opera Company in 1909.〔("Leslie Stuart, Composer" ), Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, accessed 4 January 2010〕 ==Roles and original cast== *Jackson Villiers (of the Steam Yacht Jaunty June) – Leonard Mackay *The Hon. Frank Charteris – Robert Hale *Bombito del Campo (Mayor of Havana) – Arthur Hatherton *Don Adolfo (his son) – Lawrence Grossmith *Antonio (Adolfo's valet) – Barry Lupino *Diego de la Concha – Edward O'Neill *Nix (bo'sun of the Jaunty June) – Alfred Lester *Reginald Brown (the yacht's boy) – W. H. Berry *Anita (a cigar seller) – Jean Aylwin *Isabelita (Bombito's sister) – Gladys Homfreye *Tita (chief of the cigar store) – Olive May *Pepita – Mabel Russell *Lolita – Adelina Balfe *Zara – Jessie Broughton *Newspaper reporter – Gladys Cooper *Consuelo (Bombito's niece) – Evie Greene 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Havana (Edwardian musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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