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The Pearl Girl is a musical comedy in three acts with book and lyrics by Basil Hood and music by Howard Talbot and Hugo Felix which opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London on 25th September, 1913 where it ran for 254 performances.

Dramatis Personæ

THE DUKE OF TRENT Mr. Harry Welchman
ROBERT JAFFRAY   (his Land Agent) Mr. Jack Hulbert
MR. JECKS   (Manager of the Palmyra Pearl Shop) Mr. Lauri de Frece
MR. MUGGERIDGE
MR. BANBURY
MR. POULTER
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(Directors of the Palmyra Pearl Company) {
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Mr. Edgar Stanmore
Mr. Duncan Tovey
Mr. Sebastian Smith
MR. HOPKINS   (Head Assistant at the Shop) Mr. Harry Ray
BYLES   (Messenger and Odd Man at the Shop) Mr. Alfred Lester
LORD GEORGE MATLOCK
CAPTAIN CUNNINGHAM
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(Friends of the Duke) {
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Mr. Reginald Sharland
Mr. T. Bryce-Wilson
MR. PRINGLE   (a Society Journalist) Mr. H. V. Tollemache
JAMES OGILVIE   (Chief Officer, R.M.S. "Parana") Mr. Rix Curtis
HIGGINS   (a Derbyshire Rustic) Mr. George Elton
ERNEST   (the Duke's Footman) Mr. Reginald Andrews
AGATHA, DUCHESS OF TRENT   (Mother of the Duke) Miss Dorothea Temple
LADY BETTY BIDDULPH   (the Duke's Sister) Miss Cicely Courtneidge
LADY CATHARINE WHEELER Miss Sadrene Storri
MADAME ALVAREZ   (of Argentina) Miss Marjorie Maxwell
MISS MABEL CHEYNE-WALKER Miss Joan Hay
MRS. BAXTER-BROWNE Miss Ada Blanche
MISS FITZROY
MISS BERESFORD
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(Assistants at the Pearl Shop) {
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Miss Violet Blythe
Miss Violet Crompton
MIRANDA PEPLOE   (Secretary and Typist) Miss Iris Hoey

Musical Numbers

ACT I  -  Scene 1   -   In the Dukeries (a district in the county of Nottinghamshire.)

ACT I  -  Scene 2   -   Palmyra Pearl Premises in Bond Street, West London.

ACT II   -   Hurlelagh.

ACT III   -   River Place.


Page from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 25 October 1913.

Pages from The Sketch, 15 October 1913.

External Links
The Pearl Girl at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Vocal Score at UR Research

British Musical Theatre | Musicals

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