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''Morocco Bound'' is a farcical English Edwardian musical comedy in two acts by Arthur Branscombe, with music by F. Osmond Carr and lyrics by Adrian Ross. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, on April 13, 1893, under the management of Fred J. Harris, and transferred to the Trafalgar Square Theatre on January 8, 1894, running for a total of 295 performances. A young George Grossmith, Jr. was in the cast (where he made the most of the small role of Sir Percy Pimpleton by adding ad-libs), as was Letty Lind. Harry Grattan and Richard Temple later joined the cast. This musical opened in the same year as Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Utopia, Limited'' and shared a number of features with that opera, including a distant, exotic locale, and both presented British archetypes as exemplars.〔(William Hicks thesis )〕 ''Morocco Bound'' crystallized the music-hall influenced "variety musical" form and was more representative than ''Utopia'' of the prevailing taste of London theatre audiences, which was turning away from comic opera. ==Roles== *Spoofah Bey (An Irish Con-Man) - Mr. John L. Shine *Squire Higgins (One Of The Nouveau-Riche) - Charles Danby *Vivian Higgins (The Squire's Eldest Son) - Sydney Barraclough *Dolly Higgins (Another Of The Squire's Sons) - Alfred C. Seymour *Josiah Higgins (The Squire's Brother) - Herbert Sparling *Lord Percy Pimpleton - George Grossmith Jr. *Sid Fakah (Moroccan Grand Vizier) - Colin Coop *Musket (A Servant) - Douglas Munro *Maude Sportington (Dolly's Girl-Friend) - Letty Lind *Ethel Sportington (Vivian's Girl-Friend) - Violet Cameron *Comtesse De La Blague (Spoofah's Sister, A Phoney "Countess") - Jennie McNulty *Lady Walkover (Maude's Friend) - Agnes Hewitt *Rhea Porter (A Lady Journalist) - Marie Studholme *Eva Sketchley - Eva Westlake *Hilda Adlette - Ruby Temple 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morocco Bound」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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