The Arcadians (musical)
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The Arcadians is an Edwardian musical comedy styled a "Fantastic Musical Play" in three acts with a book by Mark Ambient and Alexander M. Thompson, lyrics by Arthur Wimperis, and music by Lionel Monck
Scene from The Arcadians, 1909
Postcard advertising the original production
Climax of Act II, with Simplicitas riding "The Deuce"
The luckless jockey Peter Doody
Edwardian musical comedy
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Edwardian musical comedy is a genre of British musical theatre that thrived from 1892 into the 1920s, extending beyond the reign of King Edward VII in both directions. It began to dominate the English
The Arcadians (musical)
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Souvenir program cover, 1900