Me And My Girl
by L Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber, Noel Gay

Name: Me And My Girl
Brand: L Arthur Rose
SKU: 9780573081026
Rating: 3.53 (46 reviews)

BroadwayWest End

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Highlights

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Large Cast

Female

Male

120 mins1930sStrong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesBritish

Awards & Recognition

Drama Desk AwardTony Award

Winner! Five 1987 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Book and Outstanding Music Winner! Three 1987 Tony Awards, including Best Choreography Nominee: Thirteen 1987 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book, and Original Score Nominee: Eleven 1987 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Musical

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the charm and nostalgic value of the musical, highlighting its lively music and engaging script. Many find the edition useful for rehearsals and learning, as it allows for easy annotations. Overall, the production is well-regarded for its humor and entertaining elements, though a few note the book's brevity.

Charming and nostalgic musicalEngaging script and humorUseful for rehearsalsClear and concise librettoBook is thin and brief

Synopsis

"Bill Snibson, a Lambeth costermonger, is revealed to be the new Earl of Hareford and his newly-discovered artistocratic relations are horrified.

Bringing him to Hareford Hall, they attempt to educate Bill into the ways of the gentry and to separate him from his cockney girlfriend Sally"--

Press Reviews

"The happiest show in town!"
— Sunday Express

"Has uncorked the innocence of the old-fashioned musical comedy so ingenuously that for once a theatregoer is actually sucked directly into that sunny past rather than merely suckered into nostalgia for it."
— The New York Times

"A honey. It has humor, music, dancing, charm, wit and a deft expertise, and that takes your heart away."
— New York Post

"A high-energy crowd-pleasing romp!"
— The Toronto Star

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
The Hon. Gerald Bolingbroke Pompous but likeable. Engaged to Lady Jaqueline.	female	—	Pompous but likeable. Engaged to Lady Jaqueline.
Stockbrokers	—	—	—
Lord Battersby Noble member of the Hareford family.	—	—	Noble member of the Hareford family.
Lady Battersby Noble member of the Hareford family.	—	—	Noble member of the Hareford family.
Herbert Parchester The family solicitor.	—	—	The family solicitor.
Sir Jasper Tring An elderly nobleman. Hard of hearing.	—	—	An elderly nobleman. Hard of hearing.
Maria Duchess of Dene.	—	—	Duchess of Dene.
Sir John Tremayne Co-executor of the Hareford clan’s will. Gentlemanly and a father figure.	male	—	Co-executor of the Hareford clan’s will. Gentlemanly and a father figure.
Charles Hethersett The butler.	—	—	The butler.
Footman	—	—	—
Bill Snibson A quick-witted Cockney from Lambeth. Playful, charming and warm. The eventual heir to the Earl of Hareford.	—	—	A quick-witted Cockney from Lambeth. Playful, charming and warm. The eventual heir to the Earl of Hareford.
Sally Smith Bill’s Cockney girlfriend, also from Lambeth.	—	—	Bill’s Cockney girlfriend, also from Lambeth.
Pub Piansit	—	—	—
Mrs. Worthington-Worthington An aristocrat at Bill’s party.	—	—	An aristocrat at Bill’s party.
Lady Diss An aristocrat at Bill’s party.	—	—	An aristocrat at Bill’s party.
Lady Brighton An aristocrat at Bill’s party.	—	—	An aristocrat at Bill’s party.
Bob Barking Cockney friend of Sally and Bill.	—	—	Cockney friend of Sally and Bill.
Telegraph Boy	—	—	—
Mrs. Brown Sally’s landlady.	—	—	Sally’s landlady.
Lambeth Girl	—	—	—
Constable	—	—	—
Lady Jaqueline Carstone A sexy and determined gold-digger currently engaged to Gerald Bolingbroke.	—	—	A sexy and determined gold-digger currently engaged to Gerald Bolingbroke.