Mother Goose (musical)

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Front cover to sheet music for Mother Goose. This Little Gem Book was published in 1904 and contained new music by Robert Fiegler and L. Robini.[1] Their music was not in the original stage production;[2] although it did use George V. Hobart's lyrics.[1]

Mother Goose is a

fairy tales and nursery rhymes, including Mother Goose and Jack and Jill. The work also contained many songs interpolated into the production by other writers, including two songs by George M. Cohan: "Rube" and "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye".[4]

History

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trouser role portrayed by the actress Viola Gillette. Others in the cast included Leila McIntyre as Jill, Harry Bulger as Jack, W.H. Macart as The Laird of Borderland, Allan Ramsay as King Goose, George Clennett as Vicomte Boreham, Edith Hutchins as the Fairy Queen, Charles A. Fuller as the Demon King, and Clifton Crawford as the Mayor of Chatham.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C. United States Department of the Treasury. 1904. p. 783.
  2. ^ Dietz, p. 194-196
  3. ^ a b Dietz, p. 195
  4. ^ Dietz p. 196
  5. ^ Dietz, p. 194-195
  6. ^ Gänzl, p. 1356

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