''The Amazons: A Farcical Romance'' is an 1893 play by Arthur Wing Pinero.Staff report (March 27, 1893). The Stage. ''

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''Staff report (September, 1893). Notes of the Drama.. ''

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'' The play subsequently opened the

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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. ''

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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 Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ...

, using lyrics by the deceased

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.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

* Lorena Atwood as "Sergeant" Shutter * Barrett Barker as Orts *

Billie Burke Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North ...

as Lady Thomasin * Miriam Clements as Lady Noeline *

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 * Arthur Fitzgerald as Youatt *

Ferdinand Gottschalk Ferdinand Gottschalk (28 February 1858 – 10 November 1944) was an English theatre and film actor. He appeared in 76 films between 1917 and 1938. He was born and died in London, England. He made his first appearance on the stage in Toronto ...

as Galfred * Shelly Hull as Barrington * Dorothy Lane as Lady Wilhelmina * Thomas Reynolds as Fitton * Morton Selten as Rev. Minchin * Fritz Williams as Andre

References

External links

* * 1893 plays Plays by Arthur Wing Pinero British plays adapted into films West End plays {{1890s-play-stub