Very Good Eddie

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Very Good Eddie is a 1915 Broadway musical comedy, with a book co-written by Guy Bolton, known for its farcical plot and influential role in early 20th-century musical theatre.

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Very Good Eddie canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
basedOn Over Night
basedOnWorkBy Philip Bartholomae
bookBy Guy Bolton
Philip Bartholomae
broadwayOpeningSeason 1915–1916 Broadway season
composer Jerome Kern
countryOfOrigin United States
firstBroadwayProductionYear 1915
firstPerformanceDate 1915-12-23
genre farce
musical comedy
hasPart Act I
Act II
hasSong Babes in the Wood
Isn't It Great to Be Married?
Left All Alone Again Blues
Some Sort of Somebody
inception 1915
influenced development of integrated musical comedy
language English
lyricist Elsie Janis
Schuyler Greene
mainCharacter Eddie Kettle
Elsie Darling
Georgina Kettle
Percy Darling
musicBy Jerome Kern
notableFor farcical plot
influential role in early 20th-century musical theatre
originalBroadwayRunLength 341 performances
originalTheatre Princess Theatre
partOf Princess Theatre musicals
partOfMovement early 20th-century American musical theatre
placeOfFirstPerformance Broadway
New York City
producer Charles Dillingham
revival 1975 Off-Broadway revival
setting Hudson River Day Line boat
small-town hotel
subjectMatter marital mix-ups
mistaken identities

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Guy Bolton notableWork Very Good Eddie
Princess Theatre musicals notableWork Very Good Eddie
subject linked to: The Princess Theatre musicals
The Princess Shows hasPart Very Good Eddie
The Princess Shows notableWork Very Good Eddie
Princess Theatre notableProduction Very Good Eddie