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Miss 1917

A musical

Book:Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse *
Lyrics:P. G. Wodehouse *
Music:Victor Herbert and Jerome Kern *

First produced 5 November 1917 at the Century Theatre, New York (48 - 72 performances).

* A large number of composers and lyricists also contributed numbers in the show's short life, presumably to go with the extra acts the producers kept adding. Indeed, it was more of a revue with numerous 'speciality' acts than a musical. Although credited with the libretto, PG and Guy complained that they tried to introduce a plot but were continually hampered by the introduction of new performers (Bring on the Girls). It failed badly.

Recordings

Sure Thing - The Jerome Kern Songbook - a Phillips CD, catalogue number 4421292 containing two songs The Land Where the Good Songs Go and Go, Little Boat. A modern recording of voice and piano.

The Land Where the Good Songs Go - on Harbinger Records, catalogue HCD 1901, containing Tell Me All Your Troubles, Cutie, The Land Where the Good Songs Go, Go Little Boat and 13 songs with lyrics by Wodehouse from other shows.

Several other CDs include piano versions of The Land Where the Good Songs Go.

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This is the musical referred to as The Second Century Show in Bolton and Wodehouse's autobiographical Bring on the Girls. (PG says this in letters to Bolton published in Yours, Plum by Frances Donaldson).

Possibly the only memorable feature of this production is that George Gershwin was the rehearsal pianist.