Fritzi (musical)

Fritzi
Rosalinde Fuller, the original Fritzi
Music	Carl Tucker
Lyrics	Arthur Stanley
Book	Sydney Blow and Edward Royce
Setting	Paris
Premiere	December 2, 1935
Productions	1935 Theatre Royal, Birmingham 1935 Adelphi Theatre 1936 Shaftesbury Theatre

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.