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''The Boy'' is a musical comedy with a book by Fred Thompson and Percy Greenbank (based on Arthur Wing Pinero's 1885 play, ''The Magistrate''), music by Lionel Monckton and Howard Talbot and lyrics by Greenbank and Adrian Ross. It opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 14 September 1917, directed by Robert Courtneidge, under the management of Alfred Butt, and ran for 801 performances – one of the longest runs of any musical theatre piece up to that time.〔Gaye, p. 1529〕 The musical was later produced in Australia, starring Gladys Moncrieff.〔("Her Majesty's: 'The Boy'", ) ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 11 February 1922, p. 16〕 It was also adapted for Broadway as ''Good Morning, Judge'' in 1919, by the same creative team, at the Shubert Theatre, running for 140 performances and then touring successfully.〔(''Good Morning, Judge'' ), IBDb database, accessed 23 October 2011〕 Two songs by George Gershwin were added to the score, including "I am so Young," published as "I was so Young (You were so Young)."〔Pollack, Howard. ''George Gershwin: His Life and Work'', (2006) University of California Press, p. 230 ISBN 0-520-24864-3〕 It starred George Hassell (as Mr. Meebles), Charles King (as Hughie), Mollie King (as Joy Chatterton) and Edward Martindel (as Col. Bagot).〔(IBDB entry for ''Good Morning, Judge'' )〕 Although the piece was revived several times by amateur British groups in the 1930s, it has not been seen since then.〔Bond, Ian. (''The Boy'' ), Rarely Performed Shows, St. David's Players, accessed 22 October 2011〕 ==Background== During the gloomy days of World War I, audiences, including servicemen on leave, wanted light and uplifting entertainment, and they flocked to theatres to see lighthearted musical comedies, a number of which broke box-office records. These included ''The Bing Boys Are Here'' (1916), ''Chu Chin Chow'' (1916), and ''The Maid of the Mountains'' (1917).〔Gaye, pp. 1528–1530〕 Almost as popular were ''The Boy'', ''The Happy Day'' (1916) and ''Yes, Uncle!'' (1917). Greenbank had worked on a dozen shows with each of Monckton and Ross from 1900 to the time of ''The Boy'', and Talbot and Thompson were also frequent collaborators of theirs in the first two decades of the 20th century.〔("Percy Greenbank" ) at the British Musical Theatre website, accessed 31 December 2009〕 The plot of ''The Boy'' closely follows that of ''The Magistrate'', although character names have been changed, and some of the original dialogue is retained. In the ''Play Pictorial'' feature, B.W. Findon's review of the musical praised the singing of Nellie Taylor and Peter Gawthhorne, and the comedy of W. H. Berry, as well as the production in general.〔Findon, B.W. (ed.) "''The Boy''", ''The Play Pictorial'', No. 186, Vol. XXXI, 1917, pp. 33–35〕 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「The Boy (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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