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Gaiety Girls were the chorus girls in Edwardian musical comedies, beginning in the 1890s at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in the shows produced by George Edwardes. The popularity of this genre of musical theatre depended, in part, on the beautiful dancing corps of "Gaiety Girls" appearing onstage in bathing attire and in the latest fashions.
A Gaiety Girl is an English musical comedy in two acts by a team of musical comedy neophytes: Owen Hall (book, on an outline by James T. Tanner ), Harry Greenbank (lyrics) and Sidney Jones (music).
A Gaiety Girl is an English musical comedy in two acts by Owen Hall (book, on an outline by James T. Tanner), Harry Greenbank (lyrics) and Sidney Jones (music). It opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, produced by George Edwardes, on 14 October 1893 (later transferring to Daly's Theatre) and ran for 413 performances.
Jun 27, 2024 · This study examines the role that musical comedy on stage played in shaping popular culture in the long Edwardian period (1890–1914). It is based around two iconic theatrical types of the period: the Gaiety Girl and the matinee idol. Historians have underestimated their importance and what they represented.
Despite the connotations of being a chorus girl, the Gaiety Girl was held up as a symbol of Edwardian womanhood. Many went onto become film actresses (Zena Dare, Evelyn Laye, Gladys Cooper), some married into the aristocracy and one, Mabel Love, became a Member for Parliament.
It is based around two iconic theat-rical types of the period: the Gaiety Girl and the matinee idol. Historians have under-estimated their importance and what they represented.
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A party of Gaiety girls and young society ladies are invited to a garden party given by the officers of the Life Guards at Windsor, as are a judge of the divorce court, Sir Lewis Gray, and a chaplain, Dr. Montague Brierly.
