THE SCHOOL OF JOLLY DOGS©
THE SCHOOL OF JOLLY DOGS
Book and Original Lyrics by Didi Balle; Original Music by Mr. Leslie Steinweiss
CONCEPT: A jolly 19th-century musical revue set in a frayed but fabulous Music Hall in East London presided over by none other than Queen Victoria herself. As she herself admits: "When Albert's away, Vicky likes to play!" And where does the Queen go to give and get a command performance? Why to her own private music hall where she revels in the company of her pet performers -- The School of Jolly Dogs. Marie Antoinette had Le Petite Trianon to act out her pastoral fantasies of being a shepherdess; Queen Victoria, who longed to sing and dance but was foisted into a life of duty, motherhood and empire-building yearned to tour the provinces with a rousing routine. The School of Jolly Dogs is a wildly ridiculous foray into the Queen's fantasy Music Hall life where she is attended to by her bevy of pet performers: the greatest singers, dancers, acrobats, serio-comics and more of the Victorian English Music Hall.
CAST: Seven person cast, plus one grand piano and one virtuosic pianist.
SONGS: Featuring new, and original 19th century music hall songs.
Book and Original Lyrics by Didi Balle; Original Music by Mr. Leslie Steinweiss
CONCEPT: A jolly 19th-century musical revue set in a frayed but fabulous Music Hall in East London presided over by none other than Queen Victoria herself. As she herself admits: "When Albert's away, Vicky likes to play!" And where does the Queen go to give and get a command performance? Why to her own private music hall where she revels in the company of her pet performers -- The School of Jolly Dogs. Marie Antoinette had Le Petite Trianon to act out her pastoral fantasies of being a shepherdess; Queen Victoria, who longed to sing and dance but was foisted into a life of duty, motherhood and empire-building yearned to tour the provinces with a rousing routine. The School of Jolly Dogs is a wildly ridiculous foray into the Queen's fantasy Music Hall life where she is attended to by her bevy of pet performers: the greatest singers, dancers, acrobats, serio-comics and more of the Victorian English Music Hall.
CAST: Seven person cast, plus one grand piano and one virtuosic pianist.
SONGS: Featuring new, and original 19th century music hall songs.
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PERFORMANCES: HOME for Contemporary Theater and Art, New York, New York. The Clayton Opera House, Clayton, New York. The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. The show was developed over a two week run, directed by Richard Digby Day; George White, Producing Director.
AVAILABLE: For license; and/or a ready-to-go production for your theatre. Please contact us for more information.
AVAILABLE: For license; and/or a ready-to-go production for your theatre. Please contact us for more information.