Weather or No



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					Written by ADRIAN ROSS & WILLIAM BEACH¹	Composed by BERTRAM LUARD SELBY

Produced at the Savoy from 10th August 1896 to 17th February 1897 with The Mikado, and from 2nd March to 24th April 1897 with His Majesty, a total of 209 performances. Nicoll gives 15th August 1896 as the date of the first performance, which seems to be an error ².

Libretto in British Library at 906.i.9(10)Vocal score published by J. Williams, copy in British Library at F.689.c.(5) [1896].

Cast

SHE	Emmie Owen/Beatrice Perry
HE	Scott Russell

Emmie Owen left the cast one week after opening, and was replaced by Beatrice Perry. Jessie Rose played the role for one performance on 31st October 1896.

This is a pretty little trifle about the two figures who come in and out of a weather house according to whether it is wet or dry, and so never manage to meet. There are five musical numbers, three duets and a solo for each.

[1] This appears to be Beach's only libretto. He wrote one other play, A Comedy of Trifles (1899), neither is listed under his name in the British Library catalogue.

[2] It may also have been the date of Beatrice Perry's first performance.

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