| The Catch of the Season | |
|---|---|
 Hicks and Terriss | |
| Music | Herbert Haines Evelyn Baker |
| Lyrics | Charles H. Taylor |
| Book | Seymour Hicks Cosmo Hamilton |
| Basis | Cinderella |
| Productions | 1904 West End 1905 Broadway 1907 Budapest 1909 Sydney 1913 Vienna |
The Catch of the Season is an Edwardian musical comedy by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, with music by Herbert Haines and Evelyn Baker and lyrics by Charles H. Taylor, based on the fairy tale Cinderella. A debutante is engaged to a young aristocrat but loves a page.
The musical premiered at the Vaudeville Theatre in London in 1904 and ran for 621 performances. It starred Hicks, Zena Dare and Camille Clifford. Replacements included Louie Pounds. The New York production, in 1905, starred Edna May, at Daly's Theatre.[1] The show was produced internationally and was revived until the First World War.
- ^ "Daly's Theatre", Internet Broadway Database, accessed November 29, 2018