Presented at the Duke of York's Theatre on April 4th. 1896.
Later presented at the Herald Square Theatre, New York, under the title "The Girl from Paris"
THE GAY PARISIENNE
Characters
| MR. EBENEZER HONEYCOMB ("A Shining Light") | Charles A. Bigelow |
| MRS. HONEYCOMB (his Wife) | Phoebe Cohen |
| NORAH HONEYCOMB (their Daughter) | Cheridah Simpson |
| MABEL (Norah's Friend) | Willis Norton |
| MAJOR FOSSDYKE (of the "Battersea Butterfly Shooters") | Frank Smithson |
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ANGELA MAY ETHEL GLADYS MAUD EDITH VIOLET ROSE |
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(The Major's Daughters} |
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Adele Archer Josie Fairbanks Nina Ainscoe Ida Rock Anita Wilson May Hamilton Olivia Astor Nellie Wilson |
| AMOS DINGLE (Honeycomb's friend) | Edward Chapman |
| TOM EVERLEIGH (a Barrister) | Charles Dickson |
| ALGERNON P. DUCIE (an American) | Harold Vizard |
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PERCY TOOTING CECIL SMYTH |
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(Ducie's Friends) |
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Sydney Tovey John Savage |
| HANS (Proprietor of the Spa Hotel, Schoffenburgen) | Louis Mann |
| GRETCHEN | May Lavigne |
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ANNA FRITZ |
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(Servants) |
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Grace Belasco Matthew Ott |
| RUTH (Honeycomb's Servant) | Josephine Hall |
| BLATTERWATTER (a Gendarme) | Thomas Kierns |
| M. AUGUSTE POMPIER (a French Spy) | Joseph W. Herbert |
| MDLLE. JULIE BON-BON ("The Gay Parisienne") | Clara Lipman |
Scenes
| ACT I | - Honeycomb's Lawn, Kingston-on-Thames. |
| ACT II | - The Spa Hotel, Schoffenburgen. |
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