Alma, Where Do You Live?

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Alma, Where Do You Live?
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John McCloskey and Truly Shattuck during the broadway production
Written by George V. Hobart
Directed byJoe Weber
Date premieredSeptember 26, 1910
Place premiered Weber's Music Hall
New York City
Original languageEnglish

Alma, Where Do You Live? is a 1910 Broadway musical with lyrics and book by George V. Hobart and music by Jean Briquet. [1] It opened at Weber's Music Hall on September 26, 1910, and closed on April 15, 1911, totaling 232 performances. [1] [2] The show was adapted from a German translation of a French play by Paul Nerve. [3]

Contents

Joe Weber produced and directed the show, with Hugo Frey acting as musical director. [4]

After the show's initial Broadway run, it toured some cities in 1912, including Lodi, California. [5] [6]

The show was later adapted into a film of the same name. [7]

Plot

A wealthy Parisian man dies, leaving his entire four million franc fortune to his nephew, Pierre Le Peach, on the condition that he has not had sex with or proposed to any women by a certain date. If this condition is violated, the fortune will be inherited by Theobold and Gaston. The two men decide to enlist Alma, a beautiful milliner, to tempt Pierre into proposing before the given date in the will. Alma, however, falls in love with Pierre, and prevents him from proposing before he properly receives his inheritance. The date passes, Pierre receives the inheritance, and he and Alma marry. [6]

Cast

1910 Broadway [4] 1912 Tour [8]
Alma Kitty Gordon Vera Michelena
Pierre le PeachJohn McCloskeyRobert Dore
Theobald Charles A. Bigelow William H. Power
GastonGeorge W. LeslieEzra Mathews
GermaineIvy BarbourMadelene Sorel
Fleurette Ethel Dovey
Count BolivarioEdouard Durand
AntoinetteGeorgia HarveyBertha Whitney
LouiseCharlotte LeslayShirli Rives
DunoirE. F. Nagle
RenaultFrederick TruesdellDaniel Moyles
Piquart George Loane Tucker Walter Liebmann
MimiDaisy James

Songs

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References

  1. 1 2 "Alma, Where Do You Live? (Broadway, Weber's Music Hall, 1910)". Playbill. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Alma, Where do You Live? - 1910 Broadway - Backstage & Production Info". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Theatre: Alma, Where Do You Live?". Meriden Morning Record. March 5, 1912. p. 2. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Alma, Where do You Live? Original Broadway Musical Cast 1910". Broadway World. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Yosemite Books Clever Musical". The Lodi Sentinel. February 29, 1912. p. 3. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  6. 1 2 "The Theatre: Alma, Where Do You Live?". Meriden Morning Record. March 7, 1912. p. 2. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Alma, Where Do You Live?". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  8. 1 2 ""Alma, Where Do You Live?" at the Moulton Opera House playbill, March 7". New Hampshire Historical Society. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
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