The Shop Girl
Musical comedy by Ivan Caryll and H. J. W. Dam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the musical comedy. For the painting, see The Shop Girl (Tissot).
The Shop Girl was an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts (described by the author as a musical farce) written by Henry J. W. Dam, with lyrics by Dam and Adrian Ross and music by Ivan Caryll, and additional numbers by Lionel Monckton and Ross. It premiered at the Gaiety Theatre in London in 1894 and ran for an extremely successful 546 performances.[1] Its cast included Seymour Hicks, George Grossmith Jr., Arthur Williams, Edmund Payne, and Ellaline Terriss.[1] It soon played in New York and was successfully revived in London in 1920.