''The Amazons: A Farcical Romance'' is an 1893 play by
Arthur Wing Pinero.
[Staff report (March 27, 1893). The Stage. '']Detroit Free Press
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The play subsequently opened the
Royal Court Theatre
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on 7 March 1893 and ran for 111 performances until 8 July 1893. It subsequently opened at the
Lyceum Theatre on 19 February 1894.
[Staff report (February 18, 1894). New Bills of the Week. '']New York Times
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The plot involves three sisters (Noeline/Noel, Wilhelmina/Willis, and Thomasin/Tommie) raised by their aristocratic father as his male heirs. They have trouble adjusting to society.
The play was revived (again with Billie Burke) and opened at the Empire Theatre on 28 April 1913. The revival included the song "My Otaheitee lady" with music by
Jerome Kern
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, using lyrics by the deceased
Charles H. Taylor.
[Jerome Kern, ''My Otaheitee lady'' (New York: Harms and Francis, Day & Hunter, 1913), cover.]
In 1917 it was adapted as a
film of the same name.
Broadway cast
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Lorena Atwood as "Sergeant" Shutter
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Barrett Barker as Orts
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Billie Burke as Lady Thomasin
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Miriam Clements as Lady Noeline
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Annie Esmond
Annie Esmond (27 September 1873 – 4 January 1945) was a British stage and film actress.
Esmond was born in Surrey, England. She made her stage debut in pantomime in Sheffield in 1891 and later appeared on the American as well as British stage ...
as Miriam
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Arthur Fitzgerald as Youatt
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Ferdinand Gottschalk as Galfred
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Shelly Hull as Barrington
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Dorothy Lane as Lady Wilhelmina
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Thomas Reynolds as Fitton
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Morton Selten as Rev. Minchin
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Fritz Williams as Andre
References
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1893 plays
Plays by Arthur Wing Pinero
British plays adapted into films
West End plays
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