 The French Maid
A musical comedy in 2 acts by Basil Hood. Music by Walter Slaughter.
Produced at Terry's Theatre, London 24 April, 1897.
Transferred to the
Vaudeville Theatre, 12 February, 1898. Closed 6 August 1898. (480 perfs)
Synopsis
Suzette has many admirers, including a jealous gendarme, Paul Lecuire
and Charles Brown, a waiter at the hotel where4 she works. They are
concerned by her impending choicd of escorts to the forthcoming bal-masqué.
But things are further complicated by various visitors to the hotel
who also call for the pretty maid's charms - an Indian Princd,
his attaché
and Jack Brown, and English soldier and twin brother to the waiter.
In traditional French style Suzette strings them all along, causing
havoc in the lives of all concerned, including the aristocratic
Admiral and Lady Hawser, their niece Dorothy and her lover, Harry,
who gets involved in a second act full of jealousy, disguises and
misunderstandings until all is disentangled and a chastened Suzette
goes back to her faithful gendarme. |
