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''The Cherry Girl'' was an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts based on a book by Seymour Hicks with lyrics by Aubrey Hopwood and music by Ivan Caryll. It opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End on 21 December 1903.〔 The original cast included Hicks, Constance Hyem, Courtice Pounds and Hicks's wife, Ellaline Terriss.〔 From August 1904, the play went on tour to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow〔 and other British provincial theatres. The play was described as a "children's fairy play",〔 and its story involves a prize to be given by a Fairy Queen for the creation of a statue. ==Roles and original cast== The original London cast was as follows:〔 Act 1 * Moonshine, ''a White Pierrot'' – Seymour Hicks * Starlight, ''a Black Pierrot'' – Courtice Pounds * Bow and Scrape, ''two chamberlains'' – Stanley Brett and Murray King * Esau, ''Pansy's gorilla'' – Edward Sillward * Snowball, ''a sweep's boy'' – George Hersee * Pansy, ''a cherry seller'' – Constance Hyem * Sylvia, Night and Morning, ''pierretts'' – Carmen Hill, Katie Vesey and Hilda Anthony * Dimples, ''Snowball's sweetheart'' – Winnie Hall * Mdlle. Pas Bas, ''a model'' – Dorothy Frostick * Josephine, ''a pierette maid'' – Gladys Archbutt * The Chamberlain – Miss Carrington * The Queen – Ellaline Terriss Act 2 * Happy Joe, ''a knight of the road'' – Seymour Hicks * The Squire, ''of Homewood Hall'' – Courtice Pounds * Grab and Snatchem, ''two beadles'' – Stanley Brett and Murray King * Rose of the Riviera, ''Happy Joe's stable boy'' – Master Valchera * White Surrey and Hecuba, ''his horse and dog'' – Edward Sillward * Robin Roy, Robin Me and Robin Anyone ''Happy Joe's men'' – Frank Carroll, Robert Wilkes and William Hay * Ikestein, ''his Irish servant'' – Charles Trevor * Millicent, ''Lady of Homewood Hall'' – Carmen Hill * Tip-Toe, ''Happy Joe's wife'' – Kate Vesey * The Queen – Ellaline Terriss 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 Cherry Girl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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