The Belle of Bohemia is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts with music by Ludwig Engländer and Harry Truman MacConnell and lyrics and musical book by Harry B. Smith. The musical opened on Broadway in 1900 before having a run on the West End of London in 1901. It was one of a series of musicals with Belle in the title that were popular on both sides of the Atlantic in the Edwardian era.
The Casino Theatre in New York during run of The Belle of Bohemia in 1900
Richard Carle as Algy Cuffs in the London production (1901)
Marie Dainton as Paquita in the London production (1901)
Sheet music cover for 'What Eve Said to Adam' - sung by Virginia Earle in the American production
Harry Bache Smith was a writer, lyricist and composer. The most prolific of all American stage writers, he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composers Victor Herbert and Reginald De Koven. He also wrote the book or lyrics for several versions of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Harry B. Smith