Miss Esmeralda premiered on 8 October 1887 at the Gaiety, starring Marion Hood in the title role, with Frank Thornton as Quasimodo and featuring comedy star E. J. Lonnen and dancer Letty Lind. Percy Anderson designed the costumes.[5] Fred Leslie and the theatre's leading actress, Nellie Farren, were away on tour. When they returned, the piece closed in December to make way for a new piece starring Leslie and Farren, Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim, which opened on 24 December 1887.[6]
Plotedit
Act I: A market in Paris
The gipsy Esmeralda is in love with the dashing young Captain Phoebus, who is, unfortunately, engaged to the fierce Fleur-de-Lis. Esmeralda has inadvertently also captivated a monk, Claude Frollo, and the hunchback Quasimodo. Frollo vengefully stabs Corporal Gringoire and tries to frame Esmeralda with the crime; she is arrested.
Act II: A prison and a court of justice in Paris
Quasimodo visits Esmeralda in prison and vows to help her, assuring her that he can establish her innocence. Frollo says that he will liberate her if she agrees to marry him. At her trial, Frollo is the prosecutor, and Phoebus is counsel for the defence. Esmeralda's innocence is proved the apparition of Gringoire, which is produced by Quasimodo.
Hollingshead, John. Good Old Gaiety: An Historiette & Remembrance (1903) London: Gaiety Theatre Co
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Vocal score
Review of a New Zealand production
December 15, 2023
miss, esmeralda, victorian, burlesque, acts, with, music, meyer, lutz, robert, martin, libretto, fred, leslie, under, pseudonym, torr, horace, mills, based, victor, hugo, novel, notre, dame, paris, piece, premiered, 1887, gaiety, theatre, london, starring, mar. Miss Esmeralda is a Victorian burlesque in two acts with music by Meyer Lutz and Robert Martin and a libretto by Fred Leslie under his pseudonym A C Torr and Horace Mills It is based on Victor Hugo s novel Notre Dame de Paris The piece premiered in 1887 at the Gaiety Theatre in London starring Marion Hood in the title role with Frank Thornton as Quasimodo and featuring E J Lonnen and Letty Lind Contents 1 Background and production 2 Plot 3 Roles and original cast 4 Musical numbers 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksBackground and production editJohn Hollingshead had managed the Gaiety Theatre from 1868 to 1886 as a venue for variety continental operetta light comedy and musical burlesques In 1886 Hollingshead ceded the management of the theatre to George Edwardes whom he had hired in 1885 Fred Leslie wrote many of the theatre s pieces under his pseudonym A C Torr 1 Beginning with Little Jack Sheppard 1885 Edwardes expanded the format of the burlesques to full length pieces with original music by Meyer Lutz instead of scores compiled from popular tunes 2 These included Monte Cristo Jr 1886 Frankenstein or The Vampire s Victim 1887 Mazeppa Faust up to Date 1888 Ruy Blas and the Blase Roue 1888 Carmen up to Data 1890 Cinder Ellen up too Late 1891 and Don Juan 1892 with lyrics by Adrian Ross 3 In the early 1890s as burlesque went out of fashion Edwardes changed the focus of the theatre from musical burlesque to the new genre of Edwardian musical comedy 4 Miss Esmeralda premiered on 8 October 1887 at the Gaiety starring Marion Hood in the title role with Frank Thornton as Quasimodo and featuring comedy star E J Lonnen and dancer Letty Lind Percy Anderson designed the costumes 5 Fred Leslie and the theatre s leading actress Nellie Farren were away on tour When they returned the piece closed in December to make way for a new piece starring Leslie and Farren Frankenstein or The Vampire s Victim which opened on 24 December 1887 6 Plot editAct I A market in ParisThe gipsy Esmeralda is in love with the dashing young Captain Phoebus who is unfortunately engaged to the fierce Fleur de Lis Esmeralda has inadvertently also captivated a monk Claude Frollo and the hunchback Quasimodo Frollo vengefully stabs Corporal Gringoire and tries to frame Esmeralda with the crime she is arrested Act II A prison and a court of justice in ParisQuasimodo visits Esmeralda in prison and vows to help her assuring her that he can establish her innocence Frollo says that he will liberate her if she agrees to marry him At her trial Frollo is the prosecutor and Phoebus is counsel for the defence Esmeralda s innocence is proved the apparition of Gringoire which is produced by Quasimodo Roles and original cast editClopin Leo Stormont Claude Frollo E J Lonnen Quasimodo Frank Thornton Corporal Gringoire George Stone Belvigne E W Colman Captain Phoebus Fannie Leslie Ernest Ada Blanche Esmeralda Marion Hood Madame Gondelarieur Emily Miller Fleur de Lis Letty Lind Zillah Addie Blanche Female Warders Maud Richardson and Marie de Braham nbsp Sheet music cover for Killaloe Musical numbers editOnly a Gypsy Girl Esmeralda His for evermore Esmeralda The Noble Born Clopin Killaloe Frollo Convicts ChorusNotes edit Stewart Maurice The spark that lit the bonfire in Gilbert and Sullivan News London Spring 2003 Theatrical Humour in the Seventies The Times 20 February 1914 p 9 Programme for Carmen up to Data Archived 2008 12 10 at the Wayback Machine Ganzl Kurt Musicals London Carlton 1995 p 56 ISBN 978 0 7475 2381 9 Hyman Alan The Gaiety Years London Cassell 1975 p 64 ISBN 978 0 304 29372 8 Howard Cecil Miss Esmeralda The Theater A Monthly Review and Magazine Wyman amp Sons 1887 pp 266 268 Hollingshead p 53References editHollingshead John Good Old Gaiety An Historiette amp Remembrance 1903 London Gaiety Theatre CoExternal links editVocal score Review of a New Zealand production Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miss Esmeralda amp oldid 1154456792, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
