Fritzi | |
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Music | Carl Tucker |
Lyrics | Arthur Stanley |
Book | Sydney Blow and Edward Royce |
Setting | Paris |
Premiere | December 2, 1935 |
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Fritzi is a musical comedy written by Sidney Blow and Edward Royce,[1] with lyrics by Arthur Stanley and music by Carl Tucker. The story concerns a Parisian woman who disguises herself as an impoverished Baroness to gain an audition with a famous actor-manager. He falls in love with her and, after some complications, proposes marriage.
After a premiere at the Theatre Royal in Birmingham, England, on 2 December 1935, the piece moved to the Adelphi Theatre in London on 21 December and finally to the Shaftesbury Theatre on 13 January 1936 for a further six weeks.