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Boy Friend, The

Madame Dubonnet's finishing school, near Nice, could exist only in musical comedy. The charming young pupils burst into song at the least provocation, and forbidden boy friends are forever popping through the french windows to make up the numbers.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1920s
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions
  • Orchestra Size: Medium
Madame Dubonnet's finishing school, near Nice, could exist only in musical comedy. The charming young pupils burst into song at the least provocation, and forbidden boy friends are forever popping through the French windows to make up the numbers.

Polly Browne is too rich to be allowed a boy friend. Tony, for whom she falls, turns out to be the Hon. Tony Brockhurst, which is very lucky, because Polly thought he was just a delivery boy. Written in the fifties as 'a new musical of the twenties' this is still the most successful, tuneful and witty of the send-up musicals, which ape the style of earlier, lighter-hearted and more disarming days.


Premiere Production: Presented at the Players' Theatre on the April 14th, 1953, and subsequently at Wyndham's Theatre on January 14th, 1954. The Boy Friend opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on September 30th, 1954 starring Julie Andrews in her Broadway debut as Polly. A Broadway revival opened at the Ambassador Theatre on April 14th, 1970 and the show returned to the West End for a revival in 1984.

Characters

  • Casting: 7M, 8F
  • Casting Attributes: Expandable casting

  • POLLY BROWNE
    MAISIE – A pupil at Mme Dubonnet's finishing school
    DULCIE – A pupil at Mme Dubonnet's finishing school
    FAY – A pupil at Mme Dubonnet's finishing school
    NANCY – A pupil at Mme Dubonnet's finishing school
    MARCEL – A boyfriend
    PIERRE – A boyfriend
    ALPHONSE – A boyfriend
    MADAME DUBONNET
    HORTENSE – Mme Dubonnet's French maid
    BOBBY VAN HUSEN – A boyfriend
    PERCIVAL BROWNE – Polly's Father
    TONY – A boyfriend
    LORD BROCKHURST – Tony's Father
    LADY BROCKHURST – Tony's Mother
    GENDARME
    A WAITER
    PEPE – Specialty Dancer
    LOLITA – Specialty Dancer
    GUESTS (3)

    • Available Material

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    1 x Libretto
    1 x Vocal Score

    		$24.00
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    Madame Dubonnet's finishing school, near Nice, could exist only in musical comedy. The charming young pupils burst into song at the least provocation, and forbidden boy friends are forever popping through the French windows to make up the numbers.

    Polly Browne is too rich to be allowed a boy friend. Tony, for whom she falls, turns out to be the Hon. Tony Brockhurst, which is very lucky, because Polly thought he was just a delivery boy. Written in the fifties as 'a new musical of the twenties' this is still the most successful, tuneful and witty of the send-up musicals, which ape the style of earlier, lighter-hearted and more disarming days.

    The score is available separately on sale.

    		$24.95
    Vocal Score This is optional. Order Now

    The VOCAL SCORE is available for SALE ONLY and is not available for hire. It must be purchased separately. 

    		$39.95
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    2 x Piano-Conductor Scores
    2 x 1st & 2nd Violins (2 books)
    2 x 1st & 2nd Clarinets doubling Alto Sax (2 books)
    2 x 3rd & 4th Clarinets doubling Tenor Sax (2 books)
    1 x Cello
    1 x Double Bass
    1 x 1st & 2nd Trumpets
    1 x 1st & 2nd Trombones
    1 x Percussion
    1 x Guitar doubling Banjo

    		$300.00 +$135.00/pm

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