Rip Van Winkle (operetta)
Rip Van Winkle is an operetta in three acts by Robert Planquette. The English language libretto by Henri Meilhac, Philippe Gille and Henry Brougham Farnie was based on the short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820) and "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) by Washington Irving after the play by Dion Boucicault and Joseph Jefferson.
Fred Leslie as Rip Van Winkle, 1882
Fred Leslie as the old Rip
Lionel Brough as Nick Vedder
Jean Robert Planquette was a French composer of songs and operettas.
Robert Planquette (album leaf with photo portrait and autograph musical quotation)