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''Nuts and Wine'' was a theatrical revue, with lyrics by C. H. Bovill and P. G. Wodehouse and music by Frank E. Tours, with additional numbers by Guy Jones and Melville Gideon, from a book by Bovill and Wodehouse. It was performed at the Empire Theatre, London, opening on 3 January 1914.〔 Most sources incorrectly state 4 January (which was a Sunday, when it was against the law for UK theatres to open). The ''Daily Express'' advertisement reads "To-night at 8.30, First Performance of ''NUTS AND WINE'', The latest revue, by C H BOVILL and G P WODEHOUSE" and a review on Monday, 5 January, referred to the performance on "Saturday night".〕 The show closed on 28 March 1914, after a run of 12 weeks.〔The advertisement for The Empire states "''NUTS AND WINE'' (Last Night)". Several authorities mistakenly state that there were only seven performances.〕 ==Plot synopsis== The revue did not have a coherent plot, its six scenes being linked only by a surreal vision of an England changed beyond recognition and by the appearance in each scene of the character of Mr Punch, as compère:〔 Scene 1 – New Eton Scene 2 — ''New News'' Scene 3 – New ''Mayflower'' Scene 4 – New Ellis Island Scene 5 – New Little Theatre Scene 6 – New Empire Stores Two other scenes—the New Clown and the New Idol—seem to have been dropped before the show opened. Each scene provided a setting for a series of songs and dances, mostly satirising topics of the day, with frequent references to well-known personalities or topical events. In the first scene, the playing fields of Eton have been turned into a market garden, and the school curriculum has been reduced to just three subjects, music hall, tango (taught by music-hall star Gertie Millar), and agriculture. The second scene is set in the offices of the ''New News'', a newspaper that has absorbed ''The Times'' and whose editor—one George L. Washington of Pittsburg, grandson of the famous president—prints the news first, then makes it happen. The newspaper's gossip columnist is Lady Teazle, actually one of the characters in Sheridan's ''The School for Scandal''. This scene included a lengthy song poking fun at David Lloyd George, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer. Scene 3 takes place on the New ''Mayflower'', a yacht which is carrying passengers to New Ellis Island. Though the yacht catches fire and sinks, the next scene is still set in New Ellis Island, a newly-discovered country to which Britain has taken to banishing its bores and other inconvenient inhabitants. The fifth scene is set in a music hall, the New Little Theatre, and features a play within a play supposedly written by the Vicar of Brixton, who watches from a box in the company of Mr Punch, while world boxing champion Jack Johnson shares another box with Rev F B Meyer. The real vicar of Brixton, the Rev A J Waldron, had recently authored a "semi-morality play"., and Johnson, to the annoyance of many music-hall artistes, had been engaged to appear at a number of music halls. The play-with-a-play is performed by caricatures of well-known theatrical entertainers, including George Graves, Edmund Payne, Wilkie Bard, and Mrs Patrick Campbell.〔 The final scene is set in the New Empire Stores and is a parody of ''Within the Law'', a play (adapted from that of Bayard Veiller) which was then being performed at the Haymarket Theatre. and which featured a department store, the Emporium. The scene also included a sketch parodying another popular play, the French farce ''Who's the Lady'', by Jose Levy, which had opened at the Garrick Theatre in November 1913.〔 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「Nuts and Wine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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