First produced by Mr. George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre, London, on 30th. May 1905.
THE SPRING CHICKEN
Characters
| GUSTAVE BABORI (Advocate) | Mr. George Grossmith, Jun. |
| BONIFACE (his Head Clerk) | Mr. Lionel Mackinder |
| BARON PAPOUCHE (his Client) | Mr. Harry Grattan |
| FÉLIX (Head Waiter at "The Crimson Butterfly") | Mr. Robert Nainby |
| STEPHEN-HENRY (Girdle's Son) | Mr. William Spray |
| PROPRIETOR OF "THE CRIMSON BUTTERFLY" | Mr. Arthur Hatherton |
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ALEXIS FERDINAND |
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(Babori's Clerks) |
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Mr. George Gregory Mr. Harry Taylor |
| WAITER | Mr. Leigh Ellis |
| NAPOLEON (Office Boy) | Master Cross |
| JOSEPH BONIFACE (an Artist) | Mr. Charles Brown |
| INSPECTOR OF POLICE | Mr. R. Tremayne |
| MR. GIRDLE (Babori's Father-in-Law) | Mr. Edmund Payne |
| MRS. GIRDLE | Miss Connie Ediss |
| BARONESS PAPOUCHE | Miss Kate Cutler |
| DULCIE BABORI (Babori's Wife) | Miss Olive Morell |
| EMMY-LOU (Girdle's Niece) | Miss Olive May |
| LA MODISTE | Miss Isabelle Lidster |
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SYLVANA THÉRÈSE HENRIETTE |
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(Clients of Babori) |
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Miss Gaynor Rowlands Miss Gertrude Glyn Miss Marguerite Gray |
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YVONNE YVETTE CÉLESTE |
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(Grisettes) |
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Miss Kitty Mason Miss Fanny Dango Miss Ethel Oliver |
| ROSALIE | Miss Gertie Millar |
Synopsis of Scenery
| ACT I | - Office of M. Babori at his Residence, Paris. | |
| ACT II | - Scene I | - The Crimson Butterfly Restaurant, Malmaison. |
| - Scene II | - A Studio at Malmaison. |
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