Miss Esmeralda
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Miss Esmeralda is a Victorian burlesque, in two acts, with music by Meyer Lutz and Robert Martin and a libretto by Fred Leslie, under his pseudonym "A. C. Torr", and Horace Mills. It is based on Victo
Sheet music cover for "Killaloe"
Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué
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Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué is a burlesque written by A. C. Torr and Herbert F. Clark with music by Meyer Lutz. It is based on the Victor Hugo drama Ruy Blas. The piece was produced by George Edwardes
Miss Esmeralda
…compiled from popular tunes. These included Monte Cristo Jr. (1886); Frankenstein, or The Vampire's Victim (1887), Mazeppa, Faust up to Date (1888), Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué (1888), Carmen up to Data (1890), Cinder Ellen up too Late (1891) and Don Juan (1892, with lyrics by Adrian Ross). In the early 1890s, as burlesque…
Souvenir programme
Fred Leslie, Marion Hood and Nellie Farren in the Birmingham premiere
Linda Verner in the premiere
Programme for the Gaiety production